Abhijeet Dutta Roy v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: City Mission Manager; DAY-NULM mission staff; State Urban Development Agency (SUDA); Municipal Corporation/Council/Nagar Panchayat personnel; Chhattisgarh; discontinuation of services by order dated 07/04/2026; non-payment of salary since April 2025; mandamus; disposal with direction to decide fresh representation within 06 weeks; WPS No. 5014 of 2026; Bibhu Datta Guru, J.; NAFR. Relevance: example of a service-cum-salary writ petition disposed of with liberty to seek a reasoned decision on representation before the Union of India and SUDA, without merits adjudication.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of at this stage with liberty to the petitioners to submit a fresh comprehensive representation before respondent nos. 2 (Union of India) and 3 (Chief Executive Officer, State Urban Development Agency), which those respondents are to consider and decide on its own merits in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within 06 weeks of receipt; no monetary relief awarded and no merits adjudication.