Bhijram Verma v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:16391; batch of ten WPS writ petitions of 2022 (Nos. 319, 867, 863, 762, 767, 432, 606, 604, 794, 861); decided 09.04.2026 by Rakesh Mohan Pandey, J.; subject: seniority list / gradation list challenge to letter dated 07.01.2022 of Divisional Joint Director, Education Division; cadres involved: Assistant Teacher (LB) E/T, Assistant Teacher (E/T), Teacher (LB), Shiksha Karmi, Teacher (Upper Division); five-year experience criterion relaxed to three years; outcome: petitions disposed of with liberty to make representations before respondent No. 3, to be decided objectively within 90 days, and inclusion in gradation list if eligible under existing rules; no statutes or precedents cited; no monetary relief.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioners to make detailed representations before respondent No. 3; respondent No. 3 directed to consider and decide the representations objectively, preferably within 90 days from receipt of copy of the order; petitioners' names to be included in the gradation list if eligible according to existing rules.