Sanjay Mirjha v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Writ Petition (S) No. 5189 of 2016, decided 09.07.2025 by Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal (Single Bench). Petitioner Sanjay Mirjha sought consideration for regularization per circular dated 07/03/2012; a six-member committee found him ineligible as he remained absent from duty since 2009, and a one-line rejection order was passed. Held: matter remitted to Assistant Commissioner (Respondent No. 3) for fresh consideration strictly in accordance with law from the date other employees were considered for regularization (27/07/2016), requiring a reasoned and speaking order within two months. Keywords: regularization, absence from duty, reasoned and speaking order, natural justice, tribal development department, no statutes or precedents cited, no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Respondent No. 3 (Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Development Department, Janjgir-Champa) to reconsider the petitioner's regularization claim strictly in accordance with law from the date on which other employees were considered (27/07/2016), pass a reasoned and speaking order afresh within two months, with liberty to the petitioner to file a representation; no costs.