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2026 Supreme(Online)(Chh) 13895
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
Parth Prateem Sahu, J
MANOJ KUMAR MANDAVI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF CHHATTISGARH – Respondent
WPS No. 2181 of 2026
For the Appellants/Petitioners: Ankush Soni
For the Respondents: Aditya Tiwari
The court directed the respondents to consider and decide upon a pending representation regarding the re-fixation of seniority and consequential benefits within a specified timeframe of four months.
Headnote:The petitioner, serving as an Assistant Teacher, filed a writ petition seeking a mandamus to re-fix seniority in the gradation list from the initial date of appointment on 04.08.2006 and to grant consequential benefits, including promotion and pay fixation. The court noted that the petitioner had already submitted a representation to the respondents on 19.02.2026, which remained pending. The primary issue was whether the respondents should be directed to decide upon the pending representation regarding the petitioner's seniority. The court observed that since the petitioner's counsel sought a direction for the disposal of the pending representation and the State had no objection, the matter could be resolved by directing the authorities to act in accordance with the law. this writ petition is disposed of.
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| 1. petitioner seeks seniority re-fixation via a pending representation. (Para 1 , 2 , 3) |
| 2. court directs disposal of representation within four months. (Para 4 , 5) |
Order on Board
1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition, seeking following reliefs:-
“10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ in the nature of mandamus directing the respondents to re-fix the petitioner’s seniority in the gradation list from her initial date of appointment i.e. 04.08.2006, and to place him at the appropriate position accordingly, considering his continuous service.
10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondents to grant all consequential benefits, including consideration for promotion, fixation of pay and seniority based benefits, arising out of correcting of the petitioner’s seniority.
10.3 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief, as it may deems fit and appropriate.”
2. After arguing for sometime, counsel for petitioner submits that as petitioner has already submitted representation before respondent no. 3 to 5 dated 19.02.2026 which is pending consideration, therefore, direction be issued to respondents no. 3 to 5 to take decision on pending representation at the earliest within specified time frame.
3. Learned counsel for State submits that in view of limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner, he is having no objection.
4. On due consideration of submission made by learned counsel for respective parties, I find it appropriate to dispose of this writ petition at this stage directing respondent no. 3 to 5 to consider and take decision on pending representation Annexure P-4 dated 19.02.2026 in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a further period of 04 months from the date of receipt of the order passed by this Court.
5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition is disposed of.
