Kamleshwar Patel v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Sealed-cover/sealed-envelope DPC promotion despite pending departmental enquiry; Training Officer to Training Superintendent; Recruitment Rules; Chhattisgarh Public Service (Promotion) Rules, 2003; 120-day completion timeline; prior WP(S) No.1580 of 2021 (order dated 16.3.2021) and quashed show-cause notices in WP(S) No.6033 of 2021; State writ appeal dismissed; subsequent show-cause notices/charge-sheets sub judice; batch disposal of WPS 2022 petitions; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey; 23.04.2026.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to the respondent authorities to proceed with the DPC for promotion to the post of Training Superintendent and place the petitioners' names in sealed envelope(s) where departmental enquiry is pending; the entire exercise to be completed within 120 days; the final promotion decision to be taken after conclusion of the writ petitions pending against the subsequent show-cause notices and charge-sheets.