1 2026:CGHC:20334-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 384 of 2026 1 - Shashikala Sunita Minj W/o Stephen Minj Aged About 50 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Khairpur, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 2 - Santoshi Chauhan W/o Krishna Chauhan Aged About 44 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Ward No. 16, Block Lailunga, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 3 - Smita Mishra W/o Girish Mishra Aged About 60 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Khairpur, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 4 - Sangeeta Nikose W/o Manoj Nikose Aged About 46 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Khairpur, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 5 - Vinod Ram Bharjo S/o Puk Ram Bharjo Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Nawagarh, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 6 - Diyavatee Mirdha W/o Naresh Kumar Parte Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Pandripani, Block Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 7 - Lavang Lata Khunte W/o Raju Khunte Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. E P S Indira Awas Chhotegunda, Block Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.) 8 - Suresh Kumar Pradhan S/o Chakradhar Pradhan Aged About 51 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Kulkurda, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Digitally signed by BABLU RAJENDRA BHANARKAR Date: 2026.05.02 10:47:28 +0530 2 9 - Ramdin Gupta S/o Dileshwar Prasad Gupta Aged About 51 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Sikosimal, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 10 - Shiv Charan Ramesh S/o Sukh Ram Ratnesh Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Adbahal, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 11 - Krishna Chandra Acharya S/o Khageshwar Prasad Majhi Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Kulkurda, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 12 - Chesencia Kujur S/o Jowakim Kujur Aged About 47 Years Presently Posted As Lecturer At Govt. H.S.S. Mahloi Block Tamnar, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 13 - Amrit Lal Naik S/o Dhani Ram Naik Aged About 51 Years Presently Posted As Lecturer At Govt. Primary School Mahloi (Tamnar), Block Tamnar, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 14 - Bulbul Jaiswal Kundu S/o Sumit Kundu Aged About 41 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Puranibasti Konpara, Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 15 - Kusum Devi Painkra W/o Jainarayan Painkra Aged About 38 Years Presently Posted As Teacher At Govt. Middle School Bhendra, Block Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 16 - Raju Khunte S/o Mohit Ram Aged About 40 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Jarkat, Block Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 17 - Jyoti Nirmala Lakra W/o Sandhiya Ekka Aged About 39 Years Presently Posted As Head Master At Govt. Primary School Chharatanagar, Block Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 18 - Alka Lakra W/o Anish Lakra Aged About 43 Years Presently Posted As Assistant Teacher At Govt. Primary School Dokarbuda, Block Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) ... Appellants versus 3 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, School Education Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Panchayat And Rural Development, Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Director Directorate Of Public Instruction, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Commissioner Cum Director Directorate Of Panchayat Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 5 - District Education Officer District - Raigarh (C.G.) 6 - Chief Executive Officer Zila Panchayat, Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 7 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 8 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Tamnar, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 9 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 10 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Lailunga, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 11 - Block Education Officer Block Raigarh, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 12 - Block Education Officer Block- Tamnar, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 13 - Block Education Officer Block- Gharghoda, District- Raigarh (C.G.) 14 - Block Education Officer Block- Lailunga, District- Raigarh (C.G.) ... 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 4 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 39 days. However, I.A. No. 01/2026 has been filed 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 39 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. 9014/2025, 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 5 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 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