AFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WA No. 355 of 2014 Surit Ram S/o Fagulal Aged About 48 Years R/o Village Hatod, PS And Tehsil Kasdol, Distt Baloda Bazar ( Old District Raipur), CG.

--- Appellant(s)

versus

1. State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Department Of Water Resource, DKS Bhawan, Mantralaya, Now Present Address Mahanadi Bhawan, PS Rakhi, New Raipur, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. State Industrial Court, Through Its Registrar, Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

WA No. 317 of 2014 Ramkhilawan Sahu S/o Ganga Prasad Sahu Aged About 50 Years old R/o Village Kharche, PO Kasdol, Distt Raipur, Chhattisgarh ---Appellant(s)

Versus

1. Executive Engineer Construction Division Water Resources Deptt.

Kasdol, Distt Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Sub Divisional Officer, Ballar Canal Sub Division Kasdol, Tah Kasdol, Distt Raipur, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

WA No. 378 of 2014 Janak Ram S/o Tir Singh Patel (wrongly mentioned as Vir Singh Patel in Writ Petition) Aged About 48 Years R/o Village Hatod, PS And PO Kasdol, Distt Raipur, Now Distt Baloda Bazar, Chhattisgarh ---Appellant(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Deptt., Mahanadi Bhawan, PS Rakhi, New Raipur, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Superintendent Engineer Water Resources Deptt. Raipur, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh

3. Executive Engineer Water Resources Division, Baloda Bazar, Distt Raipur, Chhattisgarh

4. Sub Divisional Officer, Water Resources Sub Division, Kasdol, Tehsil Kasdol, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh

5. Presiding Officer, Industrial Court, Raipur, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh

6. Presiding Officer, Labour Court, Raipur, Dist Raipur, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

WA No. 390 of 2014 Surendra Kumar Sahu S/o Salikram Sahu Aged About 37 Years R/o Vill.

And Post Kankera Tah. And Dist. Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh ---Appellant(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Senior Agriculture Development O Block Mahasamund Tah. And Dist. Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

2. Deputy Director Agriculture (Agriculture Department) Mahasamund, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh

3. Presiding Officer Labour Court Raipur ,District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

WA No. 392 of 2014 Tokram Rajwade (Died) Through Legal Heirs Smt. Geeta Bai Rajwade W/o Late Shri Tokram Rajwade Aged About 39 Years R/o Village Kanki Block Kartala, Police Station Kartala, District Korba, Chhattisgarh.

---Appellant(s)

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Executive Engineer Hasdeo Barrage Water Resource Rampur, Chhattisgarh

2. Sub Divisional Officer Hasdeo R.B.C. Water Resource Sub Division No.

1, Pantora Dist. Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh

3. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary Department Of Law And Legislature Mahandi Bhawan New Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh

4. Secretary Department Of General Administration Mantralaya Mahandi Bhawan New Raipur, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s)

For Appellant(s) : Mr. Vinod Deshmukh, Mr. Ritesh Giri, Mr. Harshal Chouhan, Mr. Keshav Dewangan, Advocates.

For Respondent(s) / : Mr. Y.S.Thakur, Additional Advocate General State Date of Hearing : 01/08/2025 Date of Order : 29/08/2025 Hon’ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon’ble Shri Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi, Judge Hon’ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge C.A.V. Order Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

1. Heard Mr. Vinod Deshmukh, Mr. Ritesh Giri, Mr. Harshal Chouhan, Mr.

Keshav Dewangan, learned counsel for the respective appellants as well as Mr. Y.S.Thakur, Additional Advocate General for the State/

respondents.

2. Since the facts in all these cases are almost identical, they are being considered together.

3. WA No. 355 of 2014 is taken as the lead case.

4. The facts, in brief, as projected in this appeal is that the appellant was initially appointed as a Labour on 01.03.1985 and continuously worked till 01.08.1994 without any break of service. All of sudden on 01.08.1994 the services of the appellant was discontinued and terminated by the Sub Divis