Pokhraj Patel Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

Pokhraj Patel Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petitioner to approach the State-constituted committee within 15 days raising all grievances and grounds taken in the writ petition; committee to pass necessary order in accordance with State policy within a further 20 days; interim order dated 29/01/2025 to remain operative for 30 days; petitioner at liberty to apprise the committee of this Court's order.

Issue for consideration

Legality of the order dated 17/01/2025 passed by respondent No.1 transferring the petitioner from the post of Agriculture Extension Officer (on deputation) to the Office of respondent No.2. +2 more

Court's answer

Petitioner directed to approach the Committee constituted by the State Government, raising all the grievances and grounds taken in the present writ petition, within a period of 15 days.

Ratio / Principle

Committee directed to consider the petitioner's grievance and pass necessary order in accordance with the policy of the State Government within a further period of 20 days.

Key takeaways

The interim order dated 29/01/2025 of this Court shall remain operative for the period of 30 days.ratio¶5
Writ petition disposed of with the aforesaid observation and direction; petitioner at liberty to apprise the committee about the order passed by this Court.ratio¶6

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

WPS No. 815 of 2025 (decided 09/04/2025) - High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, Hon'ble Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge. Petitioner Pokhraj Patel, an Agriculture Extension Officer (on deputation), questioned the order dated 17/01/2025 passed by respondent No.1 (State of Chhattisgarh, Department of Agriculture Development and Farmers Welfare and Biotechnology) transferring him to the Office of respondent No.2 (Chhattisgarh Rajya Beej Evam Krishi Vikas Nigam Limited). Grounds urged: a person junior to the petitioner accommodated at his present place of posting, and illegality arising from frequent transfer. Counsel for the State submitted that a committee constituted on 03.03.2025 redresses grievances of transferred employees. The Court directed the petitioner to approach that committee within 15 days raising all grievances and grounds taken in the writ petition; the committee to consider the grievance and pass necessary order in accordance with the policy of the State Government within a further 20 days; the interim order dated 29/01/2025 to remain operative for 30 days. Writ petition disposed of; petitioner at liberty to apprise the committee of the Court's order.

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2025:CGHC:16799

NAFR

AMARDEEP CHOUBEY

Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2025.04.11 17:22:44 +0530

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 815 of 2025

1 - Pokhraj Patel S/o Shri Bundram Patel Aged About 46 Years R/o Village Khoksha, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.)

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Agriculture Development And Farmers Welfare And Biotechnology, Secretariat, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.)

2 - Chhattisgarh Rajya Beej Evam Krishi Vikas Nigam Limited An Enterprise Of Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Through Its Managing Director, Beej Bhawan, Telibandha, Post Ravigram, Tahsil And District Raipur (C.G.)

3 - Suraj Rathore Agriculture Extension Officer, Office Of Deputy Director Agriculture, District Janjgir Champa (C.G.)

Respondent(s)

(Cause title taken from CIS)

For Petitioner(s)	: Ms. Anuja Sharma, Advocate
For Respondent(s)/State	: Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer.
For Respondent No.2	: Mr. Pankaj Agrawal, Advocate.
For Respondent/Caveator	: Mr. Ghanshyam Kashyap, Advocate

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Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge

Order on Board

09/04/2025

By the present writ petition, the petitioner is questioning the order dated 17/01/2025 passed by the respondent No.1 contending that the respondent No.1 has transferred the petitioner from the post of Agriculture Extension OfÏcer(on deputation) to the OfÏce of respondent No.2.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the the main ground to challenge the order of transfer is that the person junior to the petitioner, has been accommodated in the present place of posting of the petitioner and one of the ground also raised by the petitioner is that the order of transfer is suffers from illegality of frequent transfer.

Learned counsel for the State/respondents submits that to redress the grievance of the employees who have been transferred by the State, a committee has been constituted on 03.03.2025 and if the petitioner will approach the committee, said committee shall consider the grievance of the petitioner in accordance with the policy of the State Government and grievance if any raised by the petitioner, the same shall be redressed within a stipulated period.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties, perused the pleadings and documents.

Looking to the submission & grievance raised by learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner is directed to approach the

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Committee constituted by the State Government by raising all the grievance and ground taken in the present writ petition, within a period of 15 days. If the petitioner will approach the committee, the committee is directed to consider the same and pass necessary order in accordance with the policy of the State Government by considering the grievance of the petitioner within a further period of 20 days. Till then, for the period of 30 days, the interim order dated 29/01/2025 of this Court shall remain operative.

With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed of. The petitioner is at liberty to apprise the committee about the order passed by this Court.

(Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge

Amardeep