Bhupesh Kumar Navik v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Recovery order dated 14.11.2019 by Block Education Officer, Keshkal (District Kondagaon); internal communication to Principals/Headmasters/Education Co-ordinators; no individual notice to petitioner; writ petition against internal communication not entertainable at this stage; liberty to contest future recovery notice in accordance with law; direction to serve notice and grant reasonable time before any recovery order; writ petition disposed of, no costs; Chhattisgarh High Court Bilaspur; WPS No. 677 of 2020; decided 12/02/2026; single judge Sanjay K. Agrawal; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with observations/directions: liberty reserved to the petitioner to reply to and contest any recovery notice subsequently issued and to question it in accordance with law; and before any order of recovery is passed against the petitioner, notice must be served on him with reasonable time to respond. No costs.