Shivanand Verma Vs Union of India — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Shivanand Verma Vs Union of India — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Petition dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned Central Administrative Tribunal raising his grievance; CAT directed to consider the issue of limitation etc., if arising, in view of pendency since 08.08.2023. No relief on merits; no appointment order or consequential benefits granted.

Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner's graduate degree in B.A.B.Ed (integrated course) is valid as per Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Recruitment norms for appointment on the post of Assistant Teacher (Trained), he having been declared 'disqualified'. +1 more

Ratio / Principle

The writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn, granting the petitioner liberty to approach the concerned Central Administrative Tribunal to raise his grievance.

Key takeaways

The concerned Central Administrative Tribunal is directed to consider the issue of limitation etc., if it arises, taking into account that the writ petition was pending before the High Court since 08.08.2023.ratio¶30

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Service — Recruitment — Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan — Petitioner, an applicant for appointment on the post of Assistant Teacher (Trained), aggrieved by his declaration as 'disqualified' on the ground that his graduate degree in B.A.BEd (integrated course) is not valid as per KVS Recruitment norms, sought directions to consider his candidature and to issue an appointment order with consequential benefits including seniority as per merit position in the selection list (WPS No. 5617 of 2023, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J., 17/03/2026). On the Union of India's objection that the petitioner had an alternative remedy of approaching the Central Administrative Tribunal in respect of the same grievance, counsel for the petitioner did not dispute the submission and sought permission to withdraw the petition with liberty. Held, dismissing the writ petition as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to approach the concerned CAT; the CAT was further directed to consider the issue of limitation etc., if arising, taking into account that the petition had been pending before the High Court since 08.08.2023. The merits of the qualification/disqualification grievance were not adjudicated.

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2026:CGHC:12816

NAFR

AVINASH SHARMA

Digitally signed by AVINASH SHARMA Date: 2026.03.19 11:23:55 +0530

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 5617 of 2023

1 - Shivanand Verma S/o Shri Kamlesh Verma Aged About 29 Years R/o Sheel Parisar, Phase-Ii, Near Maharana Pratap Chowk, Bilaspur, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh

... Petitioner(s)

versus

1 - Union Of India Through The Department Of Education And Literacy, Shastri Bhawan, New Delhi.

2 - Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan 18 Institutional Area, Shaheed Jeet Singh Marg, New Delhi

... Respondent(s)

For Petitioner(s)	: Ms. Siddhi Tiwari, Advocate.
For Respondent(s)/Union	: Shri Ramakant Mishra, DSGI along with Ms.
of India	Shweta Rai, Advocate.

Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad

Order on Board

17/03/2026

By way of this Writ Petition, the petitioner is seeking indulgence of this

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Court as he is aggrieved by the act of respondent authorities declaring the petitioner as ‘disqualified’ for appointment on the post of Assistant Teacher (Trained) and since the petitioner has acquired his graduate degree in B.A .B.Ed (integrated course) which is not valid as per Kendriya Vidyalaya Sangathan Recruitment norms.

Petitioner has sought following reliefs:-

10.1 To kindly direct the respondent authorities to consider the case of the petitioner for appointment on the post of Teacher. 10.2 To kindly direct the respondents to issue the appointment order in favour of the petitioner and providing him all consequential benefits including seniority as per his merit position in the selection list.

10.3 To kindly make any other order that may be deemed fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case.

At the outset, learned counsel for respondent/Union of India submits that the petitioner already has an alternative remedy to approach the Central Administrative Tribunal raising his grievance which has been raised in the present petition, as such, this Petition is not maintainable.

Counsel for the petitioner would not dispute the aforesaid submission and seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this petition with liberty to file a petition before the concerned Central Administrative Tribunal raising his grievance.

In view of the submissions made by the parties, this Writ Petition is

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dismissed as withdrawn while granting liberty as prayed for by the

petitioner to approach the concerned Central Administrative Tribunal.

The concerned CAT is directed to consider the issue of limitation etc., if arises in this case, taking in view of the fact that this petition is pending before this Court since 08.08.2023.

Sd/-

(Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge

Avinash