Kusum Kanti Tirkey v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (WPS No. 1420 of 2024, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, decided 05.03.2024, Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas) by Kusum Kanti Tirkey against State of Chhattisgarh, Departments of School Education and Panchayat & Rural Development, CEOs Zila Panchayat Raigarh/Jashpur, DEOs and BEO Farsabahar. Petition allowed by applying order dated 28.11.2017 in WP(S) No. 2530 of 2017 (Mukesh Kumar Patel vs. State of Chhattisgarh) and batch, in which circular dated 23.04.2016 was quashed. Direction: revised pay-scale benefit on completion of 8 years' service, counting service on a lower post or the same post. No costs. Keywords: revised pay-scale, 8 years service, lower post, circular 23.04.2016, parity with Mukesh Kumar Patel batch, Chhattisgarh school education.
What did the court decide?
Petition allowed with direction that the petitioner is entitled to the benefit of revised pay-scale on completion of 8 years' service by including services rendered on a lower post or on the same post; no order as to costs.