Bhagwant Singh v. Dr. S. Bhartidasan, IAS
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; batch of 19 contempt petitions (CONT) disposed on 20.01.2026 by Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J.; alleged non-compliance with writ-court direction dated 16.12.2024 to decide within 120 days on Registrar's recommendation dated 15/05/2023 for grant of 7th Pay Scale benefit in pension to retired professors and other retired university employees (incl. a retired Registrar and a retired Librarian; cause titles refer to Pt. Ravishankar Shukla University, Raipur); finance department sanction dated 19.01.2026; University to share equal financial burden; W.P.(S) No. 196/2011 Santosh Kumar Upadhyay referred; respondent Dr. S. Bhartidasan, IAS, Secretary, Higher Education Department; personal appearance dispensed with; no contempt finding; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:3200; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petitions disposed of without any punitive direction; further personal appearance of the respondent dispensed with; Court expressed hope and trust that appropriate decision on the 7th Pay Scale pension benefit would be taken at the earliest.