Satya Prakash Banjare v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), single Judge Narendra Kumar Vyas, common order dated 24.11.2025 dismissing 1188 WPS petitions by absorbed Shiksha Karmis / Assistant Teacher, Teacher, Lecturer (Panchayat) seeking 1st and 2nd kramonnati / time-bound pay scale under circular dated 10.03.2017 and parity with Smt. Sona Sahu (WA 261/2023). Key searchable themes: burden of proving parity (Jagjit Singh (2017) 1 SCC 148); kramonnati scheme (circulars 19.04.1999/17.03.1999, 02.11.2011, 14.11.2014, 10.03.2017) confined to Government servants; Shiksha Karmi a separate Panchayat cadre under Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam 1993 (ss. 53, 70, 95; Rules of 1997/2007/2012), not a Government servant or holder of civil post till absorption w.e.f. 01.07.2018; no counting of past service after absorption (policy/order dated 30.06.2018, clauses 4-5); doctrine of merger inapplicable to SLP dismissed without leave with question of law kept open (SLP(C) 58525/2024; Khoday Distilleries); refusal to refer to larger Bench under Rules 32-33 Chhattisgarh High Court Rules 2007 vis-a-vis Raviprabha Sahu WP(S) 10335/2019 (decided 08.09.2025); Articles 14 and 16 discrimination plea rejected.