Kailash Nath Kaiwartya v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Infructuous dismissal, on the submission of petitioners' counsel, of a batch of 22 writ petitions by the High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur (single bench: Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas) on 21.06.2024: 21 WPS matters (WPS Nos. 6081/2016, 1160/2020, 1290/2021, 1837/2019, 1844/2019, 4481/2020, 5010/2018, 5637/2022, 5767/2018, 6007/2021, 6321/2021, 6513/2021, 6881/2021, 6895/2021, 7129/2018, 7154/2018, 7160/2018, 7247/2018, 7597/2018, 8564/2022, 8569/2022) plus WPC No. 1821/2018. Petitioners included peons, guest lecturers (economics, maths, physics, IT, BCA), police sub-inspectors, an assistant engineer, a chowkidar, lecturers, a district mission coordinator and a retired head clerk; respondents included the State of Chhattisgarh (several departments), Guru Ghasidas Vishwavidhyalaya Central University and the Chhattisgarh Professional Examination Board, besides named individual respondents. Counsel: C.J.K. Rao for petitioners; Shailja Shukla (Dy. Govt. Advocate), Abhishek Gupta and Anmol Sharma (Panel Lawyers) for State; Ved Chandrakar for CEO, J(P) in WPS No. 6007/2021. Order marked NAFR; no precedent cited; no quantum involved.