Madhya Pradesh High Court
WP/12825/2023 of RAKESH KUMAR KEWAT Vs THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH on 7 March 2025
COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT GWALIOR BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI
IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH
AT GWALIOR
BEFORE
HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE ANAND PATHAK
ON THE 21st OF JUNE, 2023
WRIT PETITION No. 12825 of 2023
BETWEEN:-
1.
RAKESH KUMAR KEWAT S/O SHRI BABULAL,
AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCCUPATION: PEON
OCCUPATION
GOVERNMENT
BOYS
HIGHER
SECONDARY SCHOOL ISHAGARH, ASHOKNAGAR
(MADHYA PRADESH)
2.
SANTOSH KUMAR KEWAT S/O SHRI HAMIR
SINGH, AGED ABOUT 50 YEARS, OCCUPATION:
P E O N OCCUPATION
GOVERNMENT
BOYS
HIGHER
SECONDARY
SCHOOL
ISHAGARH,
ASHOKNAGAR (MADHYA PRADESH)
3.
VISHNU PRASAD S/O SHRI MUNNALAL CHIDAR,
AGED ABOUT 53 YEARS, OCCUPATION: PEON
OCCUPATION
GOVERNMENT
BOYS
HIGHER
SECONDARY SCHOOL ISHAGARH, ASHOKNAGAR
(MADHYA PRADESH)
.....PETITIONERS
(BY SHRI K.K. SHRIVASTAVA - ADVOCATE)
AND
1.
THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH THROUGH
PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, SCHOOL EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT
VALLABH
BHAWAN
BHOPAL
(MADHYA PRADESH)
2.
COMMISSIONER PUBLIC INSTRUCTION MADHYA
P R A D E S H GUTAM
NAGAR
BHOPAL
M.P.
(MADHYA PRADESH)
3.
COMMISSIONER
EDUCATION
DEPARTMENT
BHOPAL M.P. (MADHYA PRADESH)
4.
THE
DISTRICT
EDUCATION
OFFICER
ASHOKNAGAR M.P. (MADHYA PRADESH)
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.....RESPONDENTS
(BY SHRI VISHAL TRIPATHI - GOVERNMENT ADVOCATE)
This petition coming on for admission this day, the court passed the following:
ORDER
1. The present petition is preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, petitioners are aggrieved by the illegal and arbitrary denial of regular pay scale to employees who are working in the Work Charged and Contingency Paid Establishment against sanctioned vacant posts. 2 . Learned counsel for the petitioners has submitted that the matter is entirely covered by the order passed in W.P.No.8048/2010 in the case of Kailash Chandravanshi and others Vs. State of M.P. and others and in W.P.No.2533/2008(s) in the case of Nand Kishore Vyas and Others Vs. State of M. P. and another.
3. Learned counsel for the respondents/State has submitted that the controversy involved in the present case is covered by the order delivered in the case of Kailash Chandravanshi (supra) and Nand Kishore Vyas (supra) and he has not objected to the reasonable prayer made by the counsel for the petitioners.
4. In view of the above, without commenting on the merits of the case, the present petition stands disposed of with a direction to the respondents to consider the petitioners' claim as raised vide Annexure P/5, in the light of Kailash Chandravanshi (supra) and Nand Kishore Vyas (supra) and subject to verification if the petitioners are found entitled for the benefit, the same be extended to the petitioners as has been extended in other identical matters. The aforesaid exercise shall be completed within a period of four months from the date of receipt
(ANAND PATHAK) JUDGE of copy of this order.
5. With the aforesaid, writ petition stands disposed of.
6. Certified copy as per rules. Ashish*
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ASHISH CHAUR ASIA Digitally signed by ASHISH CHAURASIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH BENCH GWALIOR, ou=HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH BENCH GWALIOR, postalCode=474001, st=Madhya Pradesh, 2.5.4.20=bf81a9adb1da24e4bc7b519515 4c3d4de08c6bb9303e52e2e7e728d9bac 85bd3, pseudonym=CA2EA6EDDF504F8F9C279 0FA9A0FD201D0242B64, serialNumber=A926F3CBF979ECA6A4C4 77577EEDBA3AB4F94593A930B98DAE1B 0AD16F90B5FD, cn=ASHISH CHAURASIA Date: 2023.06.23 10:20:15 -07'00'
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