Smt. Bindu Choubey v. the State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur — WPS No. 1861 of 2024 (2025:CGHC:15520), decided 02/04/2025, single Bench of Justice Bibhu Datta Guru. Subject: salary/arrears of eight placement teachers and placement staff of Nagar Palika Nigam Higher Secondary School, Ambikapur, District Surguja; apportionment of salary liability between Municipal Corporation/Nagar Palika Nigam Ambikapur and the School Education Department/District Education Officer following Collector, Surguja's order dated 28/03/2025 and affidavit dated 01/04/2025. Directions: Municipal Corporation to pay May–June 2022 salary within 15 days; District Education Officer to pay July 2022–March 2025 salary within 50 days. Disposition: writ petition disposed of. Counsel: Sushil Dubey for petitioners; Ajit Singh (G.A.) for State respondents; Bhupendra Singh for respondent no. 5.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: Municipal Corporation to pay petitioners' salary for May 2022 to June 2022 within fifteen days, and District Education Officer to pay salary for July 2022 to March 2025 within fifty days as assured by the Collector's affidavit dated 01/04/2025.