Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava v. State Of Chhattisgarh and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur; WPS 1282 of 2013; Rajesh Kumar Shrivastava v. State of Chhattisgarh; promotion to AG-III (Assistant Grade III) denied; Departmental Promotion Committee (DPC) did not consider candidate; Annual Confidential Report (ACR) grade 'C' for years 2005-2010; 3rd time scale pay granted 30.12.2020 after 30 years of service; representation dated 27.08.2012 pending; petitioner retired on superannuation 2023; writ disposed of with direction to respondents No. 2 and 3 (Director Social Welfare Raipur; Deputy Director Social Welfare Ambikapur) to decide representation within 120 days; no merits decided; Advocates: Bharat Sharma (holding brief of Manoj Paranjape) for petitioner; Pranjal Shukla, Panel Lawyer for State; Judge: Rakesh Mohan Pandey; decided 05.08.2024.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondents No. 2 (Director Social Welfare, C.G. Raipur) and No. 3 (Deputy Director Social Welfare, Ambikapur) to pass an appropriate order on the petitioner's pending representation, preferably within 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order; no adjudication on merits.