Sunil Francis v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Aided-school teachers/staff pension parity Chhattisgarh; writ of mandamus for pension at par with School Education Department teachers; grant-in-aid / special grant for pension to aided institutions; absence of particular rules — State cannot be compelled to frame pension rules for aided school retirees; earlier decision WPS No. 2789 of 2017 relied upon and petitions dismissed; petitioners incl. Eugene Kennedy Anthony, P. Chinna Rao, Pankaj Mishra, Ram Gopal Tiwari, Sunil Francis, Anthony Xavier, Vivek Ranjan Jaiswal, Mrs Molly Ruban; Bench: Sachin Singh Rajput, J.; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; decided 11.02.2026; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:7527; marked NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Since the issue raised in these writ petitions was already dealt with and decided against the petitioners in WPS No. 2789 of 2017, the present writ petitions (both claimed reliefs) are also dismissed in light of the order passed in WPS No. 2789 of 2017; counsel for the petitioners could not dispute the preposition.