Employees appointed under the Panchayat department as Shiksha Karmi are not entitled to Kramonnati Vetanman benefits granted to regular government employees under the circular dated 10.03.2017, as their service conditions were distinct prior to their absorption into the School Education Department in 2018.

Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

Judgment on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

20/04/2026

1 Heard Mr. Shiv Sewak Manjhi, learned counsel for the appellants

as well as Mr. Prasun Kumar Bhaduri, learned Deputy Advocate

General, appearing for the Respondent/State on I.A. No.01, which is an

application for condonation of delay of 16 days in preferring the present

appeal.

2 On due consideration the grounds assigned in the application (I.A.

No.01), the same is allowed. Delay of 16 days in preferring the present

writ appeal is hereby condoned.

3 The present writ appeal is directed against the order dated

24.11.2025 passed by learned Single Judge of this Court in WPS

No.4073/2025, whereby the writ petition filed by petitioners was

dismissed.

4 Learned counsel appearing for the parties submit that the issue

involved in this writ appeal has already been considered and decided by

this Court vide judgment dated 13.03.2026 in Writ Appeal No. 191/2026 ,

whereby this Court has held as under:-

“16. The entire controversy revolved around the

Circular dated 10.03.2017 issued by the State

Government with respect to the grant of Kramonnati

Vetanman to the Assistant Teachers. It is necessary

to notice here the circular dated 10.03.2017, which

reads as under:

छत्तीसगढ़ शासन

सामान्य प्रशासन विभाग

मंत्रालय

महानदी भवन, नया रायपुर

क्रमांक एफ 10-1/2008/1-3 नया रायपुर दिनांक 10/03/2017

प्रति,

शासन के समस्त विभाग,

अध्यक्ष, छत्तीसगढ़ राजस्व मण्डल, बिलासपुर

समस्त विभागाध्यक्ष,

समस्त संभागायुक्त

समस्त कलेक्टर्स,

छत्तीसगढ़

विषय :- सहायक शिक्षकों को कमोन्नति वेतनमान प्रदाय किए

जाने बाबत्।

संदर्भ :- इस विभाग का समसंख्यक परिपत्र दिनांक

24.04.2006.

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इस विभाग के संदर्भित परिपत्र द्वारा शिक्षक संवर्ग में

सहायक शिक्षक, शिक्षक तथा व्याख्याता को सामान्य प्रशासन

विभाग के परिपत्र कमांक एफ 1-1/1/वेआप्र/99, दिनांक

17.03.1999/19.04.1999 में निहित शर्तों के अध्यधीन

प्रथन कमोन्नति 12 वर्ष बाद तथा द्वितीय क्रमोन्नति 24 वर्ष

बाद प्रदान किया गया है। वित्त विभाग के ज्ञापन कमांक

216/सी-2802/10/वित्त/नियम/धार, दिनांक 04.08.2010

(वित्त निर्देश 32/2010) द्वारा क्रमोन्नति योजना को संशोधित

कर शिक्षक तथा व्याख्याता संवर्ग को प्रथम उच्चतर समयमान

वेतनमान 10 वर्ष बाद एवं द्वितीय उच्चतर समयमान वेतनमान

20 वर्ष बाद देने का निर्णय लिया गया है।

2/अतएव उपरोक्त निर्णय के परिप्रेक्ष्य में राज्य शासन द्वारा

निर्णय लिया गया है कि इस विभाग के संदर्भित परिपत्र दिनांक

24.04.2006 की कंडिका-2 में "सहायक शिक्षक" को प्रथम

कमोन्नति 10 वर्ष बाद एवं द्वितीय क्रमोन्नति 20 वर्ष बाद

प्रदान की जाए।

3/उपरोक्त निर्णय के संबंध में यह स्पष्ट किया जाता है कि

कमोन्नति की देयता तिथि के अनुसार केवल काल्पनिक वेतन

निर्धारण किया जाएगा एवं किसी प्रकार के एरियर्स देय नहीं

होंगे।

4/यह आदेश वित्त विभाग के कम्प्यूटर कमांक एफ-2017-

01-01093 दिनांक 09.02.2017 द्वारा दी गई सहमति के

आधार पर जारी किया गया है।

छत्तीसगढ़ के राज्यपाल के नाम से

तथा आदेशानुसार,

(एम.आर.ठोकूर) अवर सचिव,

17. From perusal of the contents of the

circular dated 10.03.2017, it is quite vivid that

the Assistant Teachers, who were in

Government service, are to be granted first

Kramonnati Vetanman after 10 years of their

service and second Kromonnati Vetanman

after 20 years of their service, and the

teachers and lecturers are to be granted first

time-bound pay scale after 10 years of service

and second time-bound pay scale after 20

years of service.

18. From Para-8.8 of the writ petition,

undisputedly the petitioners have been

appointed to the post of Shiksha Karmi Grade-

III/Grade-II between the period of 2008 and

2013. It is also relevant to notice here

paragraph 8.8 of the writ petition, which reads

as follows:

“8.8 Between 2008-2013, the Chief

Executive Officer of Janpad Panchayat

appointed the Petitioners in the post of

Assistant Teacher Shikshakarmi Grade-

3/Teacher- Shikshakarmi Grade 2. After

completion of 2 years from the date of

joining, the Petitionerswho were

appointed as Assistant Teachers were

Regularization by the Chief Executive

Officer of Janpad Panchayat and

Teachers were Regularization by the

Chief Executive Officer of Zila

Panchayat.”

19. When the petitioners in the prese