Tulsi Sahu, Tulsi Ram Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissed-as-infructuous writ petition, WPC No. 4710 of 2023, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 03.07.2026 by Amitendra Kishore Prasad, Judge. Three Mahasamund district cooperative-sector employees (In-charge Society Manager, Kendra Incharge and Computer Operator connected with Prathamik Krishi Sakh Sahkari Society Maryadit, Patharla and its Paddy Procurement Centre, Barnaidadar) challenged their removal from paddy procurement work effected through orders/communications dated 07.06.2023 (Collector Mahasamund), 28.06.2023 and 13.10.2023 (Up-Registrar Sahkari Society Mahasamund), following an alleged paddy stock shortage and reduction of online stock records. Other respondents included the Nodal Officer and Branch Manager (Pirda branch) of District Sahkari Kendriya Bank Maryadit, Raipur. With no counsel appearing for the petitioners and both the State (Saumitra Kesharwani, Panel Lawyer) and respondents No. 4 to 6 (Sandeep Dubey) stating the engagement period had expired, the single-judge bench held the petition infructuous and dismissed it. Keywords: infructuous writ petition; dismissal; paddy procurement removal; cooperative society; Chhattisgarh; Mahasamund; Pithora; Barnaidadar.