Ajay Kumar Chouhan vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 21 April, 2026

Author: Parth Prateem Sahu

Bench: Parth Prateem Sahu

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2026:CGHC:18072
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

WPS No. 3446 of 2026

1. Ajay Kumar Chouhan S/o Shrawn Kumar Chouhan Aged About 44 Years
Working As Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Jamgaon District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
2. Mahavir Prasad Rathiya S/o Ramdayal Rathiya Aged About 35 Years
Working As Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Chharratangar, District-
Raigarh (C.G.)
3. Narendra Kumar Rathiya S/o Gosai Ram Rathiya Aged About 33 Years
Working As Peon Govt. S.T. Boys Hostel Kudumkela , District- Raigarh (C.G.)
4. Munnalal Rathiya S/o Gambhir Singh Rathiya Aged About 34 Years Working
As Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Hostel No. 1 Nawapara (Tenda) District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
5. Dubai Rathiya W/o Dhaniram Rathiya Aged About 33 Years Working As Peon
Govt. Girls Hostel Kaya, District- Raigarh (C.G.)
6. Meena Rathiya W/o Sharda Rathiya Aged About 33 Years Working As Peon
Post Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Raigarh District- Raigarh (C.G.)
7. Pushpamani Painkra W/o Vijay Anand Painkra Aged About 37 Years Working
As Peon Govt. S.T. Girls Hostel Kaya, District- Raigarh (C.G.)
8. Virendra Kumar Sao S/o Sakharam Sao Aged About 35 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Pre-Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
9. Kailash Shankar Rathiya S/o Kartik Ram Rathiya Aged About 37 Years
Working As Peon Govt. Pre-Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 2 Gharghoda
District- Raigarh (C.G.)
10. Manoj Kumar Rathiya S/o Hariram Rathiya Aged About 35 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Pre-Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
11. Jaipal Rathiya S/o Kirit Ram Rathiya Aged About 36 Years Working As Peon
Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 2 Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
12. Mukesh Kumar Rathiya S/o Maitu Ram Rathiya Aged About 35 Years
Working As Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Chharratangar District-
Raigarh (C.G.)
13. Vimal Ekka W/o Premsai Ekka Aged About 36 Years Working As Peon Pre-
Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Bichhinara District- Raigarh (C.G.)
14. Parvati Bhagat D/o Somra Bhagat Aged About 42 Years Working As Peon
Pre- Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
15. Moli Mirdha D/o Sudarshan Mirdha Aged About 33 Years Working As Peon
Govt. Post Metric Girls Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
16. Josinta Bhagat W/o Ghuraoo Bhagat Aged About 36 Years Working As Peon
S.T. Girls Hostel Kaya District- Raigarh (C.G.)
17. Anjani Bhagat W/o Prakash Bhagat Aged About 33 Years Working As Peon
Govt. S.T. Girls Hostel Kaya District- Raigarh (C.G.)
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18. Dilip Kumar Rathiya S/o Jugit Ram Rathiya Aged About 33 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 1 Nawapara District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
19. Narendra Kumar Rathiya S/o Milau Ram Rathiya Aged About 33 Years
Working As Peon Govt. Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 1 Nawapara
District- Raigarh (C.G.)
20. Suman Kumar Rathiya S/o Chakradhar Rathiya Aged About 42 Years
Working As Peon Govt. Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 1 Nawapara
(Tenda) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
21. Anshul Chouhan S/o Daduram Chouhan Aged About 36 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
22. Jayanti Painkra W/o Madhusudan Painkra Aged About 34 Years Working As
Peon S.T. Girls Hostel Panikhet, District- Raigarh (C.G.)
23. Gulapi Lakra W/o Gurbaru Lakra Aged About 35 Years Working As Peon
Govt. S.T. Girls Hostel Panikhet District- Raigarh (C.G.)
24. Rohit Kumari Rathiya S/o Shatrughan Rathiya Aged About 37 Years Working
As Peon Govt. S.T. Girls Hostel Nawapara (Tenda) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
25. Sarju Prasad Patel S/o Ambalal Aged About 41 Years Working As Peon Govt.
Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 2 Nawapara (Tenda) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
26. Bendudhar Rathiya S/o Uderam Rathiya Aged About 36 Years Working As
Peon Per- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel No. 1 Nawapara (Tenda) District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
27. Rajni Tigga D/o Makariyus Tigga Aged About 37 Years Working As Peon Per-
Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Bichhinara District- Raigarh (C.G.)
28. Krishna Kumar Rathiya S/o Rameshwar Rathiya Aged About 33 Years
Working As Peon Govt. S.T. Boys Hostel Kudumkela (Gharghoda) District-
Raigarh (C.G.)
29. Sushinta Kujur W/o Edmon Kujur Aged About 37 Years Working As Peon
Govt. S.T. Girls Hostel Kaya District- Raigarh (C.G.)
30. Sandhya Thakur W/o Vijay Kumar Thakur Aged About 35 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Post Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
31. Vinita Sidar W/o Santosh Kumar Chauhan Aged About 33 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Per- Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Gharghoda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
32. Lal Singh Sidar S/o Shyamlal Sidar Aged About 35 Years Working As Peon
Boy Hostel Sokhamuda (Dharamjaigarh ) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
33. Anita Nishad W/o Damodar Nishad Aged About 36 Years Working As Peon
Govt. Per- Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Godhi (Tamnar) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
34. Saroj Kisan W/o Sanjay Kumar Kisan Aged About 33 Years Working As Peon
Govt. Per- Metric Girls Hostel Tamnar District- Raigarh (C.G.)
35. Jayanti Nishad W/o Kishore Kumar Nishad Aged About 35 Years Working As
Peon Govt. Per- Metric S.C. Girls Hostel Malda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
36. Dharamati Bhagat W/o Pradeep Kumar Bhagat Aged About 34 Years
Working As Peon Post Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Tamnar, District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
37. Chhote Dai Rahtiya W/o Diamond Kumar Rathiya Aged About 34 Years
Working As Peon Per- Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Godhi District- Raigarh (C.G.)
38. Sujata Sidar W/o Gurbaru Sidar Aged About 32 Years Working As Peon Per-
Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Tamnar District- Raigarh (C.G.)
39. Dilbai Ware W/o Kanshiram Ware Aged About 34 Years Working As Peon
Per- Metric S.T. Girls Hostel Godhi District- Raigarh (C.G.)
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40. Suchita Chouhan W/o Kartik Ram Chouhan Aged About 43 Years Working As
Peon S.T. Girls Hostel Mahloi District- Raigarh (C.G.)
41. Mandakini Behra W/o Kurtivas Behra Aged About 34 Years Working As Peon
S.T. Girls Hostel Mahloi District- Raigarh (C.G.)
42. Chitrasen Sidar S/o Hari Ram Sidar Aged About 34 Years Working As Peon
S.T. Boys Hostel Kunjemura, District- Raigarh (C.G.)
43. Shyam Bai Ratre W/o Kedarnath Ratre Aged About 34 Years Working As
Peon S.T. Girls Hostel Saraipali Tahsil Tamnar District- Raigarh (C.G.)
44. Pushpa Mahant W/o Subhash Mahant Aged About 42 Years Working As
Peon S.T. Girls Hostel Saraipali District- Raigarh (C.G.)
45. Shyam Lochan Rathiya S/o Ganesh Ram Rathiya Aged About 33 Years
Working As Peon S.T. Boys Hostel Saraipali District- Raigarh (C.G.)
46. Giteshwar Sidar S/o Bhogsingh Sidar Aged About 35 Years Working As Peon
Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Kunjemuda District- Raigarh (C.G.)
47. Rajendra Prasad Sidar S/o Ratiram Sidar Aged About 42 Years Boys Hostel
Saraipali District- Raigarh (C.G.)
48. Prakash Rathiya S/o Bhanvar Rathiya Aged About 37 Years Working As
Peon Post Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Dhaurabhanth Tahsil Tamnar District-
Raigarh (C.G.)
49. Prafull Kumar Chouhan S/o Tapsil Chouhan Aged About 41 Years Working As
Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Dhaurabhantha , District- Raigarh (C.G.)
50. Ganeshwar Nishad S/o Sushil Kumar Nishad Aged About 33 Years Working
As Peon Post Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Dhaurabhantha District- Raigarh
(C.G.)
51. Yogita Minj W/o Rohit Kumar Minj Aged About 34 Years Working As Peon
Girls Hostel Godhi (Tamnar) District- Raigarh (C.G.)
52. Ghasnin Sidar W/o Santosh Kumar Sidar Aged About 36 Years Working As
Peon Girls Hostel Godhi (Tamnar), District- Raigarh (C.G.)
53. Balbhadra Painkra S/o Jameshwar Painkra Aged About 34 Years Working As
Peon Boys Hostel Dhaurabhantha District- Raigarh (C.G.)
54. Harishankar Chauhan S/o Chhatram Chauhan Aged About 42 Years Working
As Peon S.T. Boys Hostel No. 2 Raigarh District- Raigarh (C.G.)
55. Basant Kumar Rathiya S/o Ghurau Ram Rathiya Aged About 34 Years
Working As Peon Pre- Metric S.T. Boys Hostel Urba, Tahsil Tamnar, District-
Raigarh (C.G.)
... Petitioner

versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Scheduled Caste And
Scheduled Tribe Development Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya,
Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.)
2. The Secretary, Government Of Chhattisgarh Finance Department Mahanadi
Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.)
3. The Commissioner Scheduled Caste And Scheduled Tribe Development
Chhattisgarh Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.)
4. The Collector District- Raigarh (C.G.)
5. The Assistant Commissioner Tribal Development District- Raigarh (C.G.)
6. The Joint Director, Treasury Accounts And Pension, Bilaspur Division District-
Bilaspur (C.G.)
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7. The District Treasury Officer District- Raigarh (C.G.)
... Respondents

For Petitioners : Mr. Harish Khuntiya, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Vivek Verma, Govt. Adv.

Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 21/04/2026

1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs.

"10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, directing the respondents to grant arrears towards revised pay scale for the period from year 2016 to 2021/2022, with interest forthwith. 10.2 That, any other relief/ order which may deem fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case including award of the costs of the petition may be given."

2. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners are holding the post

of work charged contingency paid Class-IV employee. Pursuant to the order

of Collector, dated 20.09.2021, petitioners along with other similarly situated

employees, upon their completion of 3 years of service, were granted

benefits of revised pay scale. Though the regular pay scale is being paid to

petitioners, however, arrears of the pay from the year 2016 to 2021 has not

been disbursed till date. Petitioners through their union have submitted

representation before Respondent No. 5, for release of arrears of salary, on

20.12.2024 and thereafter on 23.01.2026 and therefore direction be issued to

the authorities to take decision on the representation at the earliest within

specified time frame.

3. Learned State counsel submits that in view of limited prayer made by learned

counsel for petitioner, he is having no objection.

4. On due consideration of the submission of learned counsel for the respective

parties, nature of grievance raised, this writ petition is disposed of directing

Respondent No. 5 to take decision on the pending representation of

petitioners, in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within a further

period of 04 months from the date of receipt of copy of order passed by this

Court.

5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and

directions.

Certified copy as per rules.

Sd/-


                                                          (Parth Prateem Sahu)
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