Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, 2026:CGHC:7768, WPS No. 671 of 2020, decided 12/02/2026 by Sanjay K. Agrawal, J. Petitioner Ramesh Nag, Lecturer (L.B.), challenged recovery direction dated 14.11.2019 (Annexure P/1) issued by Block Education Officer, Keshkal, to Principals/Headmasters/Education Co-ordinators without individual notice to him. Court held the writ petition against an internal communication not entertainable at this stage; disposed of with liberty to contest any subsequent recovery notice; notice and reasonable time required before any order of recovery; no costs. Respondents: State of Chhattisgarh (School Education), DEO Kondagaon, CEO Zila Panchayat Kondagaon, BEO Keshkal. No recovery amount quantified in the judgment.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file reply and contest any recovery notice subsequently issued and to question it in accordance with law; before any order of recovery, notice to be served on the petitioner with reasonable time to respond; no costs.