2025:CGHC:58709 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2942 of 2025 Order reserved on 02/09/2025 Order delivered on 03/12/2025

1 - Miss Akanksha Bhardwaj In Person D/o Shri Ashok Kumar Bhardwaj, Aged About 34 Years R/o Rajkishore Nagar, Bilaspur (C.G.) (Mobile No.

9685554567)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Principal Secretary, Law And Legislative Affairs, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur (C.G.)

2 - High Court Of Chhattisgarh Through The Registrar General, High Court Building, Bodri, Bilaspur (C.G.)

... Respondent(s)

(Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Akanksha Bhardwaj (in person)

For Respondent No.1/State : Mr. Suyashdhar Badgaiya, Deputy G.A.

For Respondent No.2 : Mr. Amrito Das, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal C.A.V. Order

1. The petitioner has filed the present petition against the order dated

14.01.2025 (Annexure P-2) by which her services have been terminated and also for reinstatement of her services along with VED PRAKASH consequential benefits, and prayed for the following reliefs:-

DEWANGAN

VED PRAKASH

DEWANGAN

Date: 2025.12.04

call for the entire record pertaining to the case/complaint filed by the petitioner and the entire material placed before the Standing Committee together with all other relevant records pertaining to the case.

10.2 The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to quash the impugned order dated 14/01/2025 ANNEXURE P-2.

10.3 The Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct for the reinstatement of the petitioner in her post along with all other consequential benefits, seniority and back wages.

10.4 The Hon'ble court may please to direct the respondents accordingly, to correct all adverse remarks in the service record and documents of services pertaining to the petitioner.

10.5 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be awarded to the petitioner including the cost of the petition.”

2. Brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was a member of the Chhattisgarh Lower Judicial Services and was posted as Civil Judge Class-II, Kanker. She was selected in the year 2012-13 for the post of Civil Judge (Entry Level) and was appointed on probation on the post of Civil Judge Class-II, for a period of 02 years from the date of her joining vide order dated 12.12.2013. The petitioner joined on 27.12.2013 and was sent for training with the Civil Judge Class-I, Ambikapur. In the month of August-2014, she was given independent charge of the post of First Civil Judge Class-II, Ambikapur. She undergoes various training programmes held by the State Judicial Academy, High Court of Chhattisgarh. Vide order dated 14.12.2014 issued by the High Court of Chhattisgarh, the petitioner was empowered to try summary cases, and on

31.01.2015, she was conferred powers of Judicial Magistrate First Class. On 10.02.2016, she was notified as Chairperson (Principal Magistrate), Juvenile Justice Board, Ambikapur.

3. It is the further case of the petitioner that, as per Rule 11(1) of the Chhattisgarh Lower Judicial Service (Recruitment and Conditions of Service) Rules, 2006 (in short “Rules of 2006”), her probation was to be completed on 27.12.2015, but her probation period was extended along with 09 other Civil Judges of Lower Judicial Services, vide order dated 18.03.2016. When she protested through written communication, she was transferred on 10.05.2016 from Ambikapur to Kanker.

4. Vide order dated 09.02.2017, the petitioner was terminated from service. Thereafter, on 10.04.2017, the Annual Confidential Reports (in short “ACRs”) of the petitioner for the period from 01.04.2015 to 31.03.2016 were provided to her, in which it was reported that the petitioner would not be able to discharge any other job. It is also the case of the petitioner that before making an adverse remark in the ACR of the petitioner, no warning was given to her, which is violative of the provisions of the notification dated 12.06.2008 issued by