IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE PRANAY VERMA th ON THE 8 OF JULY, 2024 WRIT PETITION No. 12875 of 2024 (BHAWARSINGH Vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH AND OTHERS)

Appearance:

(SHRI KAMAL KISHORE KAUSHAL- ADVOCATE)

(SHRI BHUWAN DESHMUKH- GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE)

ORDER

By this writ petition preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India the petitioner has prayed for a direction to the respondents to grant him benefit of minimum of regular pay scale alongwith revised pay and other reliefs.

The petitioner has been classified as permanent employee by order dated

20.02.2017 (Annexure P/3) passed by the respondents and his grievance is that he has not been paid minimum of pay scale without increment by the respondents.

Learned counsel for the petitioner has placed reliance upon a judgment delivered by the Apex Court in the case of Ram Naresh Rawat Vs. Ashwini Devi and others reported (2017) 3 SCC 436 : 2017 (153) FLR 609 wherein it has been held as under:

“21. It is, thus, somewhat puzzling as to whether the employee, on getting the designation of 'permanent employee' can be treated as 'regular' employee. This answer does not flow from the reading of the