Abdul Naim Khan v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
WPS No. 6001 of 2016, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 11.06.2025 (neutral citation 2025:CGHC:23165) by Hon'ble Shri Justice Sanjay K. Agrawal (single bench, NAFR). Petitioner Abdul Naim Khan, working as Tracer on daily wages under the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Bhilai since 1995, challenged rejection (order dated 27.06.2016, Annexure P/1) of his regularization application. The Court held the rejection justified because no sanctioned post of Tracer exists in the Board's office set-up and the petitioner does not possess a drawing certificate from any recognized institution; the writ petition was dismissed with no order as to costs. Keywords: regularization, daily wager, Tracer, sanctioned post, drawing certificate, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board.
What did the court decide?
As per the return filed by respondent Nos.2 & 3, there is no sanctioned post of Tracer in the office set-up of the Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, Bhilai.