Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur; common judgment dated 23.02.2026 by Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. in eleven clubbed writ petitions (WPS Nos. 29, 36, 40, 43, 54, 55, 885, 348, 365, 367 and 2305 of 2020); regularisation claim of Forest Department (Division Balod) employees under circular dated 05/03/2008; DFO Balod's rejection orders dated 06/10/2018 set aside; deemed continuance in service without break per Labour Court order and earlier order dated 19/07/2017 in WPS/3162/2017 (Narayan Singh v. State of Chhattisgarh); Clause 2 (vii) — regularisation against sanctioned vacant posts and creation of supernumerary posts, per WPS/4130/2020 (Minaram Gangasagar); remand to competent authority for decision within three months; petitions allowed, no costs.
What did the court decide?
All writ petitions allowed to the extent indicated: the impugned order dated 06/10/2018 is set aside in toto and the matter is remitted to the competent authority for fresh consideration of the petitioners' regularisation claims in terms of the order dated 19/07/2017 in WPS/3162/2017 and Clause 2 (vii) of the circular dated 05/03/2008, within three months; no order as to cost.