2026:CGHC:2375-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 11 of 2026

1 - Ajay Kumar Bajpai S/o Late Shri Nandan Prasad Bajpai, Aged About 61 Years, R/o New F-1, Jailor Bungalow, Central Jail Parisar, Central Jail Bilaspur, District Bilaspur C.G.

... Appellant versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through its Secretary, Home Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur C.G.

492002

2 - The Director General, Jail and Correctional Services, Chhattisgarh, Headquarter Jail and Correctional Services, Sector-19, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur C.G. 492018.

3 - Goverdhan Singh Shori, Posted as Jail Superintendent, District Jail Dantewada, District Dantewada C.G. 494449 ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

For Appellant : Mr. S.C. Verma, Senior Advocate with Mr.

Goutam Khetrapal, Advocate.

DMAA iOg D iHt I a LAl MK y HMsi A gEN nDed by For State : Mr. Prasun Bhaduri, Deputy Advocate General.

D17a:t5e4: :25082 +6.00513.106 For Respondent No.3: Mr. Ravi Kumar Bhagat, Advocate.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon’ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha , Chief Justice

15.01.2026

1. Heard on I.A. No.01, which is an application for exemption from filing typed copy.

2. On due consideration, I.A. No.01 is allowed and the appellant is exempted from filing typed copy of some of the pages of annexures.

3. The present writ appeal has been filed by the writ appellant against the impugned order dated 29.10.2025 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPS No.6965 of 2018 whereby the writ petition filed by the appellant has been dismissed.

4. The subject matter in brief is that the writ appellant who was writ petitioner before the learned Single Judge has filed the writ petition with the pleadings that he was successfully cleared State Service Examination conducted by the Madhya Pradesh Public Service Commission and the list was published on 04.11.1993, though the petitioner could not secure position in the select list, but he was at serial number 5 of wait list published on 04.11.1993 along with the main list for the post of Assistant Jailor. One of the candidates, Goverdhan Singh Sori, respondent No. 3 belongs to the Scheduled Tribe category who has been selected and secured position at serial number 27 of the select list and up to serial number 25 of the said select list candidates were unreserved category and from serial number 26 onwards the candidates belonged to the reserved category. Due to the non-joining of one candidate from the unreserved category, the petitioner was appointed vide order dated 03.08.1995 and he joined on the post of Assistant Jailor. Subsequently, the petitioner received the gradation list which was for the period between 01.04.2009 to 31.03.2010 and he came to know that his name has been placed below the respondent No. 3. He immediately filed his representation on 08.04.2011, which was forwarded to the Madhya Pradesh Government for deciding the seniority of the petitioner as per its rules and circulars. Since the representation of the petitioner remained unanswered, he again made his representation on 05.10.2011 and claimed seniority over and above the respondent No. 3. Subsequent to that, he again made a reminder representation to the authorities concerned. In the month of February 2012 the representation of the petitioner was rejected on the ground that he has not annexed the number of his merit list and there is no material to decide the fact that the petitioner secured higher marks from respondent No.3. It is also case of the petitioner that one Shambhu Lal Nayak, whose name was placed at serial No.26 in the select list was awarded punishment of demotion in rank and in his place the respondent No.3 was placed. On an application made by the petitioner under the Right to Information Act, the Madhya Pradesh Govt. supplied details of marks which reveals that the petitioner secured higher marks then respondent No.3 and then the petiti