HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
2026:CGHC:20361-DB
WA No. 404 of 2026
1 - Smt. Sita Rajabhoj W/o Deepak Rajbhoj, Aged About 38 Years R/o Presently, Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Bunyadi School, Dondi, Block Bondi, District- Balod C.G.
2 - Vikas Kumar Thakur S/o Jiwarkhan Lal Thakur Aged About 38 Years R/o- Presently, Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Boys Primary, School, Belargondi, No. -1 Block Dondi , District- Balod C.G.
... Appellant(s)
versus
1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of School Education, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur -District Raipur C.G.
2 - The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur District Raipur C.G.
3 - Director, Directorate Of Public Instruction Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur District Raipur C.G.
4 - Commissioner Cum Director, Directorate Of Panchayat, Atal Nagar Naya Raipur District Raipur C.G.
5 - District Educationn Officer, Balod, District Balod C.G.
6 - Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat Balod District, Balod C.G.
7 - Chif Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Dondi, District Balod C.G.
8 - Chief Excutive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Balod, District Balod C.G.
9 - Chief Exutive Officer, Janpad Panchayat Gunderdehi, , District Balod C.G.
10 - Block Education Officer, Balod -District Balod C.G.
11 - Block Ecucation Officer, Dondi District Balod C.G.
12 - Block Education Officer, Gundardehi, District Balod C.G.
13 - Smt, Neha Devi Sahu W/o Evon Das Sahu Aged About 35 Years R/o Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School, Kisanpuri Block- Dondi District Balod C.G.
14 - Smt, Kiran Rajpur W/o Prakash Thakur Aged About 48 Years R/o Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Belargondi No.-2 Block Dondi- District Balod C.G.
15 - Pramod Awasthi S/o Omkar Nath Awasthi, Aged About 45 Years R/o Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Higher Secondary, School -Harrathema Block Balod - District Balod C.G.
16 - Smt, Dewakee Joshi S/o Naresh Kumar Joshi, Aged About 41 Years R/o Presently Working As Assistant Teacher (L.B.) At Govt. Primary School Kasounda, Block -Gunderdehi District -Balod C.G.
... Respondent(s)
For Appellant(s) : Mr. Govind Prasad Dewangan, Advocate.
For Respondent(s) : Mr. Prasun Kumar Bhaduri, Dy. Advocate General
Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice
Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge
Judgment on Board
Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice
01/05/2026
1 Heard Mr. Govind Prasad Dewangan, 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 84 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 84 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.10783/2025, 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 प्र शासन विभाग
मंत्रालय
महानदी भवन, नया रायप्र
क्रमांक एफ 10-1/2008/1-3 नया रायपुर दिनांक 10/03/2017
प्रति,
शासन केसमस्त विभाग,
अध्यक्ष, छत्तीसगढ़ राजस्व मण्डल, बिलासपुर
समस्त विभागाध्यक्ष,
समस्त संभागायुक्त
समस्त कलेक्टर्स,
छत्तीसगढ़
विषय :- सहायक शिक्षकों को कमोन्नति वेतनमान प्रदाय किए
जानेबाबत्।
संदर्भ :- इस विभाग का समसंख्यक परिपत्र दिनांक
24.04.2006.
-00-
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 क मोन्नति 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,
छत्तीसगढ़ शासन
सामान्य प्र शासन विभाग
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 Petitione
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