Anoop Kumar Dewangan v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Unpaid/withheld salary arrears of a Lecturer (Lb), Swami Atmanand English Medium School, Pussore, Distt. Raigarh; claim of Rs. 1,20,441/- for 07 months (Aug./Sept./Oct. [year printed '20215']; May/June 2017; Oct./Nov. 2019) with 18% interest; certificate of non-withdrawal dated 21.01.2021; disposal without merits with direction to submit afresh representation before CEO Zila Panchayat Raigarh and CEO Zila Panchayat Sarangarh Bilaigarh (Respondents 3 & 4), decision within 02 months; also involving Directorate of Panchayat, DEO Sarangarh Bilaigarh, CEO Janpad Panchayat Sarangarh, BEO Sarangarh; Chhattisgarh HC Single Bench, Parth Prateem Sahu, J.; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to submit an afresh representation before Respondents No. 3 & 4; the concerned authority directed to consider and decide the representation in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within 02 months from receipt. The salary claim itself was not adjudicated on merits.