Manju Lata Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPS No. 9831 of 2025; decided 15/09/2025; single judge: Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas. Petitioner: Manju Lata Sahu; Respondents: State of Chhattisgarh revenue authorities (Secretary, Commissioner Raipur Division, Collector, Additional Collector, SDO (Rev.), Tahsildar, Baloda Bazar-Bhatapara). Subject: termination of services by Collector's order dated 21.05.2015 challenged after 10 years — prayer rejected as barred by limitation; monetary claim founded on order dated 11.05.2016 of the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, Labour Court, Baloda-Bazar (Case No. 10/P.W. Act/2015) — writ petition disposed of granting liberty to execute the award before the appropriate forum; alternate and efficacious remedy. Keywords: limitation, termination, Payment of Wages Act, execution of award, alternate remedy, writ petition disposed.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the petitioner to take recourse for execution of the award dated 11.05.2016 passed by the Authority under the Payment of Wages Act, Labour Court, Baloda-Bazar (Case No. 10/P.W. Act/2015), before the appropriate forum; the prayer to quash the termination order dated 21.05.2015 was rejected as barred by limitation.