Anjor Singh Painkara v. State Of Chhattisgarh and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh HC, Bilaspur; W.P.(S) No. 4126 of 2012; decided 24.06.2024 by Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey. Petitioner Anjor Singh Painkara, school teacher (Assistant Teacher 14.12.1988; UDT 18.08.2008; Lecturer 19.06.2012), reverted to UDT by District Education Officer, Kabirdham, order dated 30.08.2012, on ground of initial appointment after cut-off date (stated as after 01.07.1986 in para 1 and after 01.07.1988 in para 5). Key themes: reversion/revertment to lower post, promotion eligibility, denial of opportunity of hearing, principles of natural justice, major penalty, quashing of administrative order, liberty to pass fresh order after hearing. Outcome: petition disposed of; reversion order quashed. Counsel: Vinod Deshmukh (petitioner); Kalpesh Ruparel, P.L. (State). No statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Quashing of the reversion order dated 30.08.2012, with liberty to the authorities to pass a fresh order after affording due opportunity of hearing to the petitioner, if so advised; the instant writ petition stands disposed of.