Baldev Kumar Verma v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: regularization of services; Clerk; Krishi Upaj Mandi, Bhatapara; service since 2003; parity with similarly situated employees; pending representations; direction to decide representation by reasoned and speaking order within three months; liberty to file additional representation within two weeks; no adjudication on merits. Parties: Narendra Sahu and Baldev Kumar Verma (petitioners) v. State of Chhattisgarh, Chhattisgarh State Agriculture Marketing Mandi Board, Krishi Upaj Mandi Bhatapara, Collector Balodabazar. Forum: High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, single bench (Sanjay K. Agrawal J.), NAFR, order dated 02.05.2025; case numbers WPS No. 7085 of 2017 and WPS No. 7196 of 2017; result: writ petitions finally disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent Nos. 2 & 3 (competent authority) to consider and decide the petitioners' representations on their own merit, strictly in accordance with law, by passing a reasoned and speaking order within three months of receipt of the order; liberty to the petitioners to file an additional representation with relevant documents within two weeks; no opinion expressed on merits.