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D si i g g n it e a d l l b y y 2026:CGHC:14595 SIDDHANT SIDDHANT TAMRAKAR TAMRAKAR Date:

2026.03.30

18:18:57 +0530 NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 5544 of 2021  Jairam Verma S/o Late Dharam Verma, Aged About 50 Years Presently

Posted And Working As Teacher (Local Body), Government Middle School Bisahutola, Block Chhuria, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh

... Petitioner

versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Post

Office And Police Station Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh

2. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Post Office And

Police Station Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh

3. Director, Directorate Of Panchayat, Indrawati Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Post Office and Police Station Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4. The Collector, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh.

5. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh

6. District Education Officer, Rajnandgaon, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh 7. Block Education Officer, Block Chhuria, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 8. Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Block Chhuria, Rajnandgaon,

District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner : Mr. Rajendra Patel, Advocate For State : Mr. Abhishek Singh, Panel Lawyer

For Respondents No. 5 & 8 : Mr. Anmol Sharma, Advocate

Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey

Order on Board

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27.03 .2026

1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has sought the following relief(s):-

“10.1 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call the entire records pertaining to the

case of the petitioner for its kind perusal.

10.2 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondent Authorities to grant the benefit of promotion to the petitioner with effect from 2006 as the same benefit has been

granted to the similarly situated Shiksha Karmis.

10.3 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondent Authorities to pay the Arrears/Difference of pay of the

promotional post with effect from 2006.”

2. Facts in brief are that the petitioner was appointed to the post of Shiksha

Karmi Grade III on 14.10.1998. The services of the petitioner were regularized on 03.07.2002. He would contend that the petitioner was promoted to the post of Shiksha Karmi Grade II vide order dated 08.08.2017, whereas, similarly situated teachers, appointed in the year 1998, were promoted to the post of Shiksha Karmi Grade II with effect from 2006 vide order dated 24.02.2018. He would submit that WPS No. 5723 of 2018 was filed and a direction was issued to decide the representation. The respondent No. 5/Chief Executive Officer, Jila Panchayat, Rajnandgaon vide order dated 11.01.2021 rejected the representation moved by the petitioner on the ground that the services of the petitioner have already been absorbed with the School

Education Department pursuant to policy decision dated 30.06.2018.

3. Mr. Rajendra Patel would submit that the petitioner has been discriminated

as similarly situated teachers were promoted to the Shiksha Karmi Grade II vide order dated 24.02.2018 with effect from the year 2006. He would pray

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for a direction to the respondents to consider the name of the petitioner for promotion to the post of Shiksha Karmi Grade II with effect from the date

when his colleagues were promoted.

4. On the other hand, Mr. Anmol Sharma and Mr. Abhishek Singh appearing for

respective respondents would oppose. They would submit that the petitioner has claimed promotion with effect from year 2006, whereas, this petition was filed in the year 2021. It is also contended that the petitioner has not challenged the order dated 11.01.2021 (Annexure P/8), whereby, representation of the petitioner has been rejected. They would submit that the petition filed by the pe