Sonaru Modiyam v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPS 2025 batch disposal (WPS Nos. 356/357/359/369/373/374/380/389/393/399/408); permanent status; work-charged employees; contingency paid employees; government circular dated 11.01.2021 (Annexure P/4); Tribal Welfare Department; Department of School Education; ST/SC Development Commissioner; Collector and Assistant Commissioner Bijapur; comparator districts Bastar, Narayanpur, Bijapur; disposal with direction to submit representation (two weeks) and decision by authorities (four weeks); service-related writ; single bench Amitendra Kishore Prasad.
What did the court decide?
All eleven writ petitions disposed of with directions: each petitioner to file an appropriate representation before the respondent authorities (within two weeks); the respondent authorities to consider the case in light of circular dated 11.01.2021 and the comparable benefits granted by various districts, and to decide the representation in a pragmatic manner within four weeks.