Madhu Rani Shukla v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; batch of 13 WPS petitions (2025) by government school teachers/lecturers; challenge to surplus-teacher declaration and transfer under Teacher Rationalization Instructions; alleged arbitrariness and denial of hearing; no merits decided; petitioners remitted to District Rationalization Committee with time-bound representation (05 days) and appearance (25.06.2025); Committee to decide within 07 days in accordance with law; transfer orders kept in abeyance till decision communicated; petitions disposed of with directions; single judge (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.); no statutes or precedent cases cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Interim protection: impugned transfer orders kept in abeyance so far as the petitioners are concerned until the District Rationalization Committee communicates its decision; petitioners to file fresh representations within 05 days and appear before the Committee on 25.06.2025; Committee to decide within 07 days of receipt in accordance with law, objectively.