1 2026:CGHC:20335-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 385 of 2026 1 - Yashwant Kumar Sonwani S/o Ghasi Ram Sonwani Aged About 45 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Siriyadih, Block Balodabazar, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 2 - Kunj Ram Paikara S/o Sampat Ram Paikara Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Tilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 3 - Ajay Kishor Sahu S/o Bhanwari Ganesh Sahu Aged About 45 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Tilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 4 - Kamlesh Kumar Kaiwart S/o Bhuruwa Ram Kaiwart Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Tilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 5 - Dwarika Prasad Kanwar S/o Laxman Shingh Kanwar Aged About 47 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Primary School Dongra, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 6 - Birjhu Kumar Kurre S/o Mohit Ram Kurre Aged About 42 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dongra, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 7 - Vikas Kumar Sahu S/o Ganesh Ram Sahu Aged About 39 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dongra, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 8 - Kewara Barle W/o Shri Uttam Kumar Barle Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Digitally signed by BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Date: 2026.05.02 10:43:41 +0530 2 Dongaridih, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 9 - Sandhya Rani Agrawal W/o Pankaj Kumar Agrawal Aged About 59 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dongaridih, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 10 - Surendra Kumar Thakur S/o Late Shri Ram Lal Thakur Aged About 52 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Primary School Amalidih, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 11 - Latish Kumar Sahu S/o Hariram Sahu Aged About 37 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dhandhani, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 12 - Shivnarayan Paikra S/o Kripa Ram Paikra Aged About 37 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Parsapali, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 13 - Maheshwari Paikra W/o Kunj Ram Paikara Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Lata, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 14 - Mahendra Kumar Ghritlahare S/o Ramsagun Ghritlahare Aged About 42 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Khainda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 15 - Ude Ram Patel S/o Lila Ram Patel Aged About 52 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Khaira, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 16 - Saroj Kumar Paikra S/o Sadhram Paikra Aged About 39 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Bamhanpuri, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 17 - Kranti Kumar Dhruw S/o Mila Ram Dhruw Aged About 37 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School 3 Bamhanpuri, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 18 - Satyavati Tirkey W/o Anil Tirkey Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Khainda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 19 - Mahendra Kumar Dhruw S/o Bhopal Prasad Dhruw Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Pahanda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 20 - Vashpa Banjare W/o Mr. Tek Kumar Banjare Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Khainda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 21 - Kamlesh Prasad Sahu S/o Sonau Ram Sahu Aged About 56 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Bamhanpuri, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 22 - Naresh Lal Verma S/o Panch Ram Verma Aged About 56 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Bamhanpuri, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 23 - Kanhaiyalal Dewangan S/o Moti Lal Dewangan Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Bamhanpuri, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 24 - Bhagirathi Dhruw S/o Tiharu Ram Dhruw Aged About 39 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dabadih, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 25 - Padmini Verma W/o Ashok Kumar Verma Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Kumhari, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 26 - Dileep Kumar Nishad S/o Dashrath Lal Nishad Aged About 42 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Amalkunda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 4 27 - Sangeeta Kale W/o Sanjay Rao Kale Aged About 46 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Ahilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 28 - Paras Ram Dewangan S/o Nand Ram Dewangan Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Pahanda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 29 - Shashi Paikara W/o Ashok Kumar Paikara Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Nayaktand, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 30 - Birsingh Paikara S/o Chhattarsing Paikara Aged About 44 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Amalkunda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 31 - Bharti Vaishnav W/o Ganesh Das Vaishnav Aged About 47 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Parsapali, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 32 - Bharti Sahu W/o Shiv Kumar Sahu Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Ahilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 33 - Abhishek Kumar Patel S/o Feku Ram Patel Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Pandariya, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 34 - Neelima Sahu W/o Kishor Kumar Sahu Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Ahilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 35 - Omkumari Verma W/o Poshan Kumar Verma Aged About 36 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Janpad Primary School Barda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 5 36 - Renuka Banjare (Bhardwaj) W/o Kunj Bihari Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Primary School Dhabadih (Lawan), Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 37 - Shiv Kumar Verma S/o Thanuram Verma Aged About 54 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Bagbuda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 38 - Rajendra Kumar Nirmalkar S/o Shri Biseram Nirmalkar Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Bagbuda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 39 - Vinod Kumar Patel S/o Bhagat Ram Patel Aged About 36 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Paijani, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 40 - Gyaneshwar Prasad Manhere S/o Late Laxman Prasad Manhare Aged About 42 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Barda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar- Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 41 - Mukesh Kumar Verma S/o Mani Ram Verma Aged About 42 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Barda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 42 - Sunita Patel W/o Mr. Vinod Kumar Patel Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Bagbuda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 43 - Dinesh Kumar Paikara S/o Shyam Sunder Paikara Aged About 38 Years Presently Posted As Teacher In Govt. Middle School Kasiyara, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 44 - Mansingh Dhruw S/o Shri Darbari Lal Dhruw Aged About 54 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Ahilda, Block Balodabazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh ... Appellants 6 versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, School Education Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Panchayat And Rural Development Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Commissioner Cum Director Directorate Of Panchayat Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - District Education Officer Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 6 - Chief Executive Officer Zilla Panchayat, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 7 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Baloda Bazar, District Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 8 - Block Education Officer Block Baloda Bazar, District Baloda Bazar- Bhatapara Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Appellant(s) : None appears For Respondent(s) : Mr. P.K.Bhaduri, Deputy Advocate General. Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Judgment on Board Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice 01/05/2026 1 Though four advocates have filed their Vakalatnama on behalf of the appellants, none has appeared to press this appeal, which is also barred by a delay of 53 days. However, I.A. No. 01/2026 has been filed 7 for condonation of delay. Considering that a similarly situated writ appeal, i.e., WA No. 193/2026, involving a similar issue, has already been considered and decided by this Court vide judgment dated 13.03.2026 passed in WA No. 193/2026 (Pushpalata Manikpuri and Others v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others), and further considering the reasons mentioned in the application (I.A. No. 01/2026), the same is allowed. The delay of 53 days in filing the present writ appeal is hereby condoned, and the appeal is heard finally. 2 The present writ appeal is directed against the order dated 24.11.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge of this Court in WPS No.10071/2025, whereby the writ petition filed by the petitioners was dismissed. 3 Learned Deputy Advocate General appearing for the respondent- State submits that the issue involved in this writ appeal has already been considered and decided by this Court vide judgment dated 13.03.2026 passed in WA No. 193/2026, wherein this Court held as under: “33. Upon perusal of the impugned order, we find that the same has been rendered by the learned Single Judge with cogent and justifiable reasons. In an intra-court appeal, no interference is ordinarily warranted unless palpable infirmities are noticed. The learned Single Judge, while dismissing the writ petition by the impugned order, has considered all the facts of the case. We do not find any fault in the impugned order. 34. In view of the above, the writ appellants/petitioners 8 have failed to demonstrate that they are similarly situated to the petitioner in Writ Appeal No. 261/2023 (Smt. Sona Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh and Others). Their claim under the Circular dated 10.03.2017 is, therefore, misconceived, and the learned Single Judge has rightly dismissed the writ petition. Accordingly, the present writ appeal is devoid of merit and is hereby dismissed.” 4 In view of the above, the present writ appeal is also dismissed in terms of the judgment dated 13.03.2026 passed by this Court in WA No. 193/2026. No costs. Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Bablu