Arun Kumar Singh Vs the State of Chhattisgarh

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2026:CGHC:1590-DB

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NAFR

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WA No. 983 of 2025

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1 - Arun Kumar Singh S/o Late Ramnath Aged About 46 Years R/o Sarkari Dafai, Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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2 - Sunil Yadav S/o Shivkumar Yadav Aged About 35 Years R/o Village And Post Baikunthpur, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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3 - Arvind Kumar Sahu S/o Bhandari Ram Aged About 47 Years R/o Village Manpur, Post Mahora, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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4 - Vijay Kumar Sahu S/o Late Kanhaiyalal Aged About 34 Years R/o Village And Post Ranai, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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5 - Ajay Kumar Khatik S/o Shambhu Khatik Aged About 38 Years R/o Ward No. 30, Bada Bazar, Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur Chhattisgarh

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6 - Shiv Kumar Patel S/o Krishna Kumar Patel Aged About 38 Years R/o Main Road Chhota Bazar, Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur Chhattisgarh

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7 - Santosh Kumar Rout S/o Bhaiya Lal Rout Aged About 42 Years R/o Chhota Bazar, Chrimiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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8 - Abhimanyu Kumar S/o Shambhu Singh Aged About 41 Years R/o Village Sardi, Nawapara, Charcha Colliery, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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9 - Narendra Kumar S/o Rambhuwan Aged About 35 Years R/o Village Sawarawan, Post Girjapur, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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10 - Ram Prakash Yadav S/o Sadhuram Yadav Aged About 40 Years R/o Village Kachhar, Post Katgodi, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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11 - Dinesh Kumar Sahu S/o Umakant Sahu Aged About 49 Years R/o Villae Harra Para, Post Nagpur, District Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur Chhattisgarh

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12 - Vivek Kumar Soni S/o Gulabchand Soni Aged About 33 Years R/o Ward No. 19, Fci Godown, Manendragarh, District ManendragarhChirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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13 - Tuleshwar Singh S/o Dharmjeet Aged About 33 Years R/o Village Baima, Post Godi, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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14 - Imtiyaz Ansari S/o Abdul Hamid Ansari Aged About 44 Years R/o Charcha Colliery, Madarsa Dafai, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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15 - Khemraj S/o Vindeshwar Singh Aged About 38 Years R/o Nehru Colony, Sonamani, Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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16 - Sandeep Barsaiya S/o Omkar Prasad Aged About 47 Years R/o Near Railway Station, Manendragarh, District Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur Chhattisgarh

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17 - Ramesh Kumar S/o Roopnarayan Aged About 47 Years R/o Village Bardar, Post Khadgawan, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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18 - Sandeep Yadav S/o Shyamlal Yadav Aged About 45 Years R/o Near Railway Station, Manendragarh, District Manendragarh-ChirmiriBharatpur Chhattisgarh

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19 - Manoj Kumar Dubey S/o Motilal Dubey Aged About 34 Years R/o Ward No. 22, Kayur Singh Dafai, Chhota Bazar, Chirmiri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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20 - Ramnaresh Tiwari S/o Ramkishore Aged About 37 Years R/o South Jhagrakhand, Ledri, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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21 - Bhanu Pratap Singh S/o Rajendra Pratap Aged About 48 Years R/o Charcha Colliery, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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22 - Gangadhar S/o Jairam Aged About 45 Years R/o Jhagrakhand Dafai N. 07, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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... Appellants

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versus

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1 - The State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department of General Administration, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh

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2 - The Collector Koriya (Baikunthpur), District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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3 - The Collector District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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4 - The Additional Collector And Nodal Officer Sanyukt Bharti Abhiyan, Joint Recruitment Program-2012, Koriya (Baikunthpur), District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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5 - The Assistant Commissioner Tribal Welfare, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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6 - The Deputy Collector District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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7 - Ranjit Tirki S/o Shri Siban Tirki Aged About 38 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Amamkrawa, Manendragarh, P.S. - Manendragarh, District - Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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8 - Ashwani Kumar Chakradhari S/o Shri Mandhari Lal Aged About 34 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Manmurti Kala Kendra, Ward No. 06, Jhagrakhand Road, P.S. - Manendragarh, District - ManendragarhChirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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9 - Mohammad Firoz S/o Shri Mohammad Kalim Aged About 30 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Ahmed Colony Ward No. 21, - Manendragarh, District Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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10 - Jeetendra Pratap Singh S/o Shri Nagendra Bahadur Singh Aged About 38 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Ekta Nagar Khongapani, Tahsil - Manendragarh, District - Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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11 - Shrikant Singh S/o Shri Balram Singh Aged About 36 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Ward No. 1, P.S. Manendragarh, District - Manendragarh-Chirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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12 - Sudeep Shrivastava S/o Shri Narendra Shrivastava Aged About 38 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Village Navapara, Post - Patna, P.S. Patna, District Koriya Chhattisgarh

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13 - Vinay Kumar Patel S/o Shri Sankatha Prasad Patel Aged About 32 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Village Basanpara, Post - Sarbhoka, Tahsil - Baikunthpur, P.S. Baikunthpur, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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14 - Ram Singh S/o Shri Harprasad Aged About 32 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Village - Basanpara, Post - Sarbhoka, Tahsil - Baikunthpur, P.S. Baikunthpur, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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15 - Sanjeev Kumar Dubey @ Sanjeev Dubey S/o Shri Shyam Bihari Dubey Aged About 32 Years R/o Village - Mandalpara, Tahsil - Baikunthpur, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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16 - Dinesh Kumar Patel S/o Shri Munnulal Patel Aged About 36 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o Village Tendua, Post - Ranai, Tahsil - Baikunthpur, P.S. Baikunthpur, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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17 - Rajesh Kumar Bargahi S/o Mohan Lal Bargahi Aged About 41 Years Occupation - Unemployed, R/o South Jhagrakhand Colliery, Nayee Ledari Hasdeo Dafai, Manendragarh, District - ManendragarhChirmiri-Bharatpur Chhattisgarh

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18 - Abhilekh Jayaswal @ Abhilekh Kumar Jayaswal S/o Jaiprakash Jayaswal Aged About 32 Years R/o Champajhaar, P.S. Patna, Tahsil Baikunthpur, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh

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... Respondents

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(Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

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For Appellant	: Mr. Manoj Paranjpe, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Arpan Verma, Advocate
For Respondents/State	: Mr. S.S. Baghel, Govt. Advocate
For Respondent Nos.1 to 7	: Mr. A. N. Bhakta and Mr. Vivek Bhakta, Advocates

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Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge

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Judgment on Board

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Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

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12.01.2026

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1 Heard Mr. Manoj Paranjpe, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Arpan Verma, learned counsel for the appellants as well as Mr. S.S. Baghel, learned Government Advocate, appearing for the State/respondent Nos. 1 to 6 and Mr. A.N. Bhakta and Mr. Vivek Bhakta, learned counsel, appearing for respondent Nos.7 to 18.

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2 By way of present writ appeal under Section 2 of Sub-Section (1) of the Chhattisgarh High Court (Appeal to Division Bench Act, 2006, the appellants, who were not party in the writ petition, have challenged the order dated 11.12.2024 passed by learned Single Judge in WPS No.7743/2024 (Ranjit Tirki & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) , by which the writ petition filed by the writ petitioners/respondent Nos. 7 to 18 herein has been allowed and authorities have been directed to consider the candidature of

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the respondents herein for appointment to the post of peon/chowkidar and concerned authorities were directed to complete the entire process within a period of 120 days from the production of the copy of the order. The appellants are directly affected by the said order, while considering the case of the respondents and the notices have been issued to the appellants herein for cancellation of their appointment made on 12.09.2014, 10.07.2015, 01.02.2016.

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3 At the outset, learned Senior Advocate appearing for appellants submits that during pendency of the appeal, the State Government has taken a decision that instead of disturbing the appellants, who were working for last more than 10 years, the writ petitioners/ respondent Nos. 5 to 16 herein were accommodated and the said statement has been made in the contempt petition filed by the writ petitioners / respondent Nos. 5 to 16 herein as CONT No. 255 of 2025 on 06.01.2026, therefore, in view of the same, he wants withdraw the instant appeal.

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4 Accordingly, the instant appeal is dismissed as withdrawn in view of order dated 06.01.2026 passed in CONT No. 255 of 2025 the writ petitioners/ respondent Nos. 7 to 18 herein.

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Sd/- Sd/-

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(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha)

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Judge Chief Justice

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Arun Kumar Singh v. the State of Chhattisgarh

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