IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
GOVIND PARDHAN – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF CHHATTISGARH – Respondent
WPS/12927/2025
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2026:CGHC:15675
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WPS No. 12927 of 2025
Govind Pardhan S/o Ganesh Ram Pardhan Aged About 47 Years Assistant Grade - 02, Presently Posted At Tehsil Office, Kharsiya, District - Raigarh, Chhattisgarh, R/o House No. 719, Chandmari, Raigarh Raigarh Chhattisgarh
496001 ... Petitioner(s)
versus
1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar,
Chhattisgarh
2 - The Commissioner Division - Bilaspur, Chahttisgarh
3 - The Collector District - Raigarh, Chhattisgarh
4 - The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Kharsiya, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh
5 - The Tehsildar Tehsil Office, Kharsiya, District - Raigarh Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)
For Petitioner : Mr. Vijay Satya Krishna Ojha, Advocate For State : Mr. Aditya Tiwari, Panel Lawyer
Digitally signed by PRAVEEN KUMAR SINHA
Date:
2026.04.07
17:21:15 +0530
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S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge
Order on Board
06/04/2026
1. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties, this
case is heard finally.
2. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs:-
“10.1 Issue a writ of certiorari or any other appropriate writ, order, or direction to quash the
impugned attachment order dated 17.01.2025.
10.2 Issue a writ of mandamus directing Respondent no 3 to send back the petitioner to his original place of posting that is tehsil office
Raigarh.
10.3 Grant any other relief(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem just and proper in the facts and
circumstances of the present case;
10.4 And for this act of kindness, the petitioner as in duty bound shall ever pray.”
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner while working on the post of Assistant Grade-II was put under suspension vide order dated 07.07.2024. Thereafter, vide order dated 17.01.2025, suspension of petitioner has been revoked and he was attached to Tahsil Office- Kharsiya, District- Raigarh. On the date of suspension, petitioner was posted in Tahsil Office, Raigarh and as of now, it is ordered that salary of petitioner is to be drawn from Tahsil Office Raigarh, which shows that petitioner has been attached to Tahsil Office, Kharsiya. Referring to Clause 1.5 of Circular dated 5th June 2025 issued by the State Govt. he submits that under Clause 1.5 it is
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clearly mentioned that all the district level employees who have been working under attachment their attachment will be cancelled automatically and if required those employees are to be posted on transfer . Petitioner has not been posted in accordance with law but the wordings used in order Annexure P-1 clearly depict that it is an attachment of petitioner in another office. Petitioner had submitted representation before respondents No. 2 & 3 which is pending
consideration .
4. Learned counsel for the State submits that as the representation submitted by petitioner is still pending consideration, it may be
considered and decided in accordance with law.
5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and also perused the
documents annexed along with this writ petition.
6. Perusal of order Annexure P-1 by which petitioner is posted after revocation of suspension would show that petitioner though posted in Tahsil Office Kharsiya, however, salary of petitioner is to be drawn from Tahsil Office Raigarh from which it can be discerned that though petitioner is directed to work at Kharsiya, but posting of petitioner is not
in Tahsil Office, Kharsiya.
7. Considering the aforementioned facts of case in particular Clause 3 of the order Anenxure P-1 wherein petitioner has been directed to work in one office and salary is to be drawn from other office, Circular issued by State Govt. dated 5th June 2025 in particular Clause 1.5 thereof, representation submitted by petitioner is pending consideration, this writ petition is disposed of directing respondents No. 2 & 3 to consider and take decision on representation submi
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