Partly allowed
Mrs. Saranya Ritesh v. The State Of Chhattisgarh
Chhattisgarh HCWPS/607/2018
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Teachers and lecturers who moved between the Urban Administration and Panchayat departments through direct recruitment challenged the refusal to count their past service for the higher pay scale on completion of eight years, while colleagues moving within the same department got that benefit. Held discriminatory under Article 14; most petitions allowed, five dismissed as premature.
What did the court decide?
Respondents directed to consider, subject to verification of eligibility, the petitioners' cases for higher pay scale by treating previous service as qualifying service and issue appropriate orders.