2026:CGHC:3278 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 612 of 2026 Nidesh Puri S/o Shri Devi Sharan Puri Aged About 36 Years R/o Village Jamtikra, Post Rajouli, Tehsil Sonhat, Distt. Korea, Chhattisgarh.

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, Post Office And P.S. Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2 - Director Directorate Of Public Instructions, Indrawati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, Post Office And P.S. Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

3 - Joint Director Public Instructions Indrawati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, Post Office And P.S. Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Deputy Director Public Instructions Indravati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar Post Office And P.S. Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Atal Bihari Vajpai Vishwavidyalaya Through Its Vice Chancellor, Distt.

Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

Digitally signed by PRAVEEN KUMAR SINHA Date:

2026.01.23 +0530

6 - Mats University Through Its Vice Chancellor, Aarng Kharora Highway, Aarang Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

7 - University Grants Commission Through The Registrar, Bahadurshah Jafar Marg, New Delhi 110002.

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner : Mr. Ajay Kumrani, Advocate For Resp. No. 1 to 4 : Ms. Akanksha Verma Dabhadker, Panel Lawyer For Resp. No.5 : Mr. Vikram Sharma, Advocate For Resp. No.7 : Mr. J.N. Nande, Advocate S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge

Order on Board

20/01/2026

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that case of petitioner is squarely covered by the decision of this Court passed in WPS No. 7163 of 2022 (Jitendra Kumar Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.) and other connects matters, decided on 26.11.2025.

2. Submission of learned counsel for the petitioner is not opposed by learned counsel for respective respondents.

3. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties, this case is heard finally.

4. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs :

“10.1That, this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to call for the entire records of the case for its kind perusal.

10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ/order/direction and quash/set aside the Impugned order dated 18.08.2022 (Annexure P/1) and order dated 23.11.2020 (Annexure P/2).

10.3 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ/order/direction and direct the respondent State to consider the candidature of petitioner for appointment on the post of Lecturer Mathematics (E & T cadre) on the basis of educational certificates as per the UGC guidelines.

10.4 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other writ/writs, order/ orders, relief/ reliefs in favour of the petitioner, which the Hon'ble Court deemed fit & just in the facts and circumstances of the case, including awarding of the costs to the petitioner.”

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that respondent School Education Department issued an advertisement for recruitment on the post of Lecturers (Maths) of E-cadre and T-cadre. Pursuant to advertisement, petitioner also submitted an application for his appointment. He contended that at the stage of document verification, petitioner has been disqualified on the ground that the Master Degree and B.Ed. Certificate are of the same academic year. He contended that petitioner has undergone B.Ed. Course as a regular student, however, he participated in examination of M.Sc. (Maths) through distance learning programme. Identical issue has been considered by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in the aforementioned bunch of writ petitions. Those writ petitions were allowed and direction was issued to respondents authority therein to consider cases of all the petitioners therein for appointment to respective posts of Lecturer afresh strictly in accordance with terms of recruitment, UGC guidelines and other applicable statutory provis