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Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh v. 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan

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1 Digitally signed by AJINKYA PANSARE Date: 2025.06.20 17:42:54 +0530 2025:CGHC:26371 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1369 of 2018 1 - Govindram Kashyap S/o S/o Bhulauram Kashyap, Aged About 60 Years Working As Revenue Inspector, Presently Posted At Janjgir Champa, District Janjgir Champa, Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh., Chhattisgarh District Raipur, : 2 - Commissioner, Land Record Chhattisgarh, Indrawati Bhawan, 1st Block Chhattisgarh Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh., Raipur, District : 3 - Vedram Chaturvedi, S/o Parasuram Chaturvedi, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Korba (Gradation List Sr. No. Chhattisgarh : 106 District Korba, ), 4 - Bharatlal Kamendra S/o Mohanlal Posted At Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 108 ), Chhattisgarh District Raipur, :

Legal Reasoning

5 - Awadh Ram Ghrutlehre S/o Firatram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Kabirdham (Gradation List Sr. No. 109 ), Chhattisgarh District (Kabirdham), Kawardha :

Legal Reasoning

6 - Shri Prakash Kumar Masih, S/o Shri Girdhari, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Kanker (Gradation List Sr. No. 112 ), District : Kanker, Chhattisgarh 7 - Shri Ramlal Sahu, S/o Shri Harkhuram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Mahasamund (Gradation List Sr. No. 113 ), District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 8 - Shri Chandrika Prasad Sinha S/o Shri Ganesh Ram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 114 ), District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 9 - Shri Santram Vishwakarma S/o Shri Jhumuklal, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Balodabazar (Gradation List Sr. No. 115 ), District : Balodabazar-Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh 10 - Shri Harishankar Patel S/o Shri Ramchandra Patel, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Mahasamund (Gradation List Sr. No. 116 ), District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 11 - Shri Dasharam Patel S/o Shri Jijova Patel, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Raipur (Gradation Chhattisgarh District List Raipur, 117 No. Sr. ), : 12 - Shri Baliram Sahu, S/o Shri Pratapram Sahu, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Janjgir Champa (Gradation List Sr. No. 118 ), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 13 - Shri Aatmaram Tande, S/o Shri Lekhram Tande, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Janjgir Champa (Gradation List Sr. No. 119 ), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 14 - Shri Satyanarayan Dewangan S/o Shri Sunder Lal, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Janjgir Champa (Gradation List Sr. No. 120 ), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 15 - Shri Ghanshyam Prasad Dhimar, S/o Firatram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Bilaspur (Gradation List Sr. No. 121 ), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 16 - Shri Shivkumar Patel S/o Shri Rewachandra Singh Patel, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Bilaspur (Gradation List Sr. No. 122 ), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 17 - Shri Fagulal Dewangan S/o Shri Shyamlal, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Balodabazar (Gradation List Sr. No. 123 ), District : Balodabazar- Chhattisgarh Bhathapara, 18 - Shri Dayaram Sahu, S/o Shri Bhukhanlal, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Dhamtari (Gradation List Sr. No. 124 ), District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 19 - Shri Heeralal Dewangan S/o Shri P.L. Dewangan, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Bilaspur 3 (Gradation List Sr. No. 125 ), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 20 - Shri Ramsewak Soni S/o Shri Nathuram Soni, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Korba (Gradation List Sr. No. 126 ), District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 21 - Shri Parmanand Kaushik S/o Shri Gangaram Kaushik, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Regional Deputy Commissioner, Revenue Records Office Kanker, (Gradation List Sr. No. 127 ), District : Kanker, Chhattisgarh 22 - Shri Ramdayal Thakur S/o Shri Motiram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Kabirdham (Gradation List Sr. No. 128 ), District : Kawardha Chhattisgarh (Kabirdham), 23 - Shri Akhilesh Kumar, S/o Shri A.R. Vishwakarma, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Janjgir Champa (Gradation List Sr. No. 129 ), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 24 - Shri Bhagwandas Dwivedi S/o Shri Balaprasad, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Records Office Mungeli (Gradation List Sr. No. 130 ), District : Mungeli, Chhattisgarh 25 - Shri Suresh Kumar Nigam, S/o Shri Awadh Kumar, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Dantewada (Gradation List Sr. No. 131 ), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 26 - Shri Bholaprasad Gupta, S/o Shri Bandiprasd, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Dantewada (Gradation List Sr. No. 132 ), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 27 - Shri Gokul Prasad Dinkar S/o Shri Ramratan, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Raigarh (Gradation List Sr. No. 133 ), District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 28 - Shri Shivkant Dixit S/o Shri Krishna Kumar, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Dantewada (Gradation List Sr. No. 134 ), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 29 - Shri Mansharam Nayak S/o Shri Parshuram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Dhamtari (Gradation List Sr. No. 135 ), District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 30 - Shri Bharatlal Brahme, S/o Shri Chandanlal, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Durg 4 (Gradation List Sr. No. 136 ), District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 31 - Shri Ghanshyam Shende, S/o Shri Motiram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Rajnandgaon (Gradation List Sr. No. 137 ), District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh 32 - Shri Fagulal Sidar, S/o Shri Sitaram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Raigarh (Gradation Chhattisgarh District List Raigarh, 169 No. Sr. ), : 33 - Shri Mila Lal Kulmitra, S/o Shri Poonaram, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Revenue Records Collectorate, Revenue Record Office Mungeli (Gradation List Sr. No. 170 ), District : Mungeli, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) WITH WPS No. 1373 of 2018 1 - Kanti Kumar Yadav S/o L. P. Yadav, Aged About 61 Years Working As Revenue Inspector, Presently Posted At Tahsil Palmgarh, District Janjgir- Champa, Chhattisgarh., District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Chhattistarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Commissioner , Land Record Chhattisgarh, Indrawati Bhawan, 1st Block Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Vedram Chaturvedi, Parsuram Chaturvedi, At Posted- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Korba, Gradation List Sr. No. 106, District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 4 - Parth Prasad Diwedi, Ramgulam, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 107), District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 5 - Bharatlal Kamendra, Mohanlal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 108), District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 6 - Awadh Ram Ghrutlehre, Firatram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Kabirdham (Gradation List Sr. No. 109), District : Kawardha (Kabirdham), Chhattisgarh 5 7 - Shri Prakash Kumar Masih, Shri Girdhari, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Kanker, (Gradation List Sr. No. 112), District : Kanker, Chhattisgarh 8 - Shri Ramlal Sahu, Shri Harkhuram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Mahasamund, (Gradation List Sr. No. 113), District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 9 - Shri Chandrika Prasad Sinha, Shri Ganesh Ram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 114), District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 10 - Shri Santram Vishwakarma, Shri Jhumuklal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Balodabazar, (Gradation List Sr. No. 115), District : Balodabazar-Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh 11 - Shri Harishankar Patel, Shri Ramchandra Patel, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Mahasamund, (Gradation List Sr. No. 116), District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 12 - Shri Dasharam Patel, Shri Jijova Patel, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raipur (Gradation List Sr. No. 117), District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 13 - Shri Baliram Sahu, Shri Pratapram Sahu, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office,janjgir- Champa, (Gradation List Sr. No. 119), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 14 - Shri Aatmaram Tande, Shri Lekhram Tande, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Janjgir-Champa, (Gradation List Sr. No. 119), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 15 - Shri Satyanarayan Dewangan, Shri Sunderlal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Janjgir-Champa, (Gradation List Sr. No. 120), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 16 - Shri Ghanshyam Prasad Dhimar, Firatram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Bilaspur, (Gradation List Sr. No. 121), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 17 - Shri Shivkumar Patel, Shri Rewachandra Singh Patel, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Bilaspur (Gradation List Sr. No. 122), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 6 18 - Shri Fagulal Dewangan, Shri Shyamlal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Balodabazar, (Gradation List Sr. No. 123), District : Balodabazar-Bhathapara, Chhattisgarh 19 - Shri Dayaram Sahu, Shri Bhukhanlal , Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Dhamtari, (Gradation List Sr. No. 124), District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 20 - Shri Heeralal Dewangan, Shri P. L. Dewangan, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Bilaspur(Gradation List Sr. No. 125), District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 21 - Shri Ramsewak Soni, Shri Nathuram Soni, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Korba, (Gradation List Sr. No. 126), District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 22 - Shri Parmanand Kaushik, Shri Gangaram Kaushik, Posted At Revenue Inspector, Regional Deputy Commissioner, Revenue Records Office, Kanker, (Gradation List Serial No. 127), District : Kanker, Chhattisgarh 23 - Shri Ramdayal Thakur, Shri Motiram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Kabirdham (Gradation List Sr. No. 128), District : Kawardha (Kabirdham), Chhattisgarh 24 - Shri Akhilesh Kumar, Shri A. R. Vishwakarma, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Janjgir-Champa,(Gradation List Sr. No. 129), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 25 - Shri Bhagwandas Dwivedi, Shri Balaprasad, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Mungeli, (Gradation List Sr. No. 130), District : Mungeli, Chhattisgarh 26 - Shri Suresh Kumar Nigam, Shri Awadh Kumar, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Dantewada(Gradation List Sr. No. 131), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 27 - Shri Bholaprasad Gupta, Shri Bandiprasad, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Dantewada, (Gradation List Sr. No. 132), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 28 - Shri Gokul Prasad Dinkar, Shri Ramratan, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raigarh, (Gradation List Sr. No. 133), District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 7 29 - Shri Shivkant Dixit, Shri Krishna Kumar, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Dantewada, (Gradation List Sr. No. 134), District : Dantewada, Chhattisgarh 30 - Shri Mansharam Nayak, Shri Parshuram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Dhamtari, (Gradation List Sr. No. 135), District : Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh 31 - Shri Bharatlal Brahme, Shri Chandanlal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Durg, (Gradation List Sr. No. 136), District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 32 - Shri Ghanshyam Shende, Shri Motiram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Rajnandgaon, (Gradation List Sr. No. 137), District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh 33 - Shri Fagulal Sidar, Shri Sitaram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Raigarh, (Gradation List Sr. No. 169), District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 34 - Shri Mila Lal Kulmitra, Shri Poonaram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Mungeli,(Gradation List Sr. No. 170), District : Mungeli, Chhattisgarh 35 - Shri Govind Ram Kashyap, Shri Bhulauram, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Janjgir-Champa, (Gradation List Sr. No. 171), District : Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh 36 - Shri Jawahar Singh Marco, Shri Ranmat Singh Marco, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Land Record Office, Korba, (Gradation List Sr. No. 172), District : Korba, Chhattisgarh 37 - Shri Bhushanlal Dixena, Shri Sammanlal, Posted At- Revenue Inspector, Collectorate, Revenue Records Office, Korba, (Gradation List Sr. No. 173), District : Korba, Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Sajal Kumar Gupta, Adv. on behalf of Mr. Saurabh Dangi, Adv. For State : Mr. Prateek Tiwari, P.L. For Respondent No. 18 : Ms. Apoorva Nigam, Adv. on behalf of Dr. Sudeep Agrawal, Adv. Hon’ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Judgment On Board 8 20-06-2025 1) Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that at the relevant time i.e. in 2018, petitioners were posted as Revenue Inspector in District- Janjgir–Champa. He further submits that juniors to the petitioners were promoted to the post of Naib Tehsildar vide order dated 12.01.2018. He further submits that in the gradation list, names of petitioners were not placed at appropriate place. He contends that subsequently the discrepancy in gradation list was rectified but claim of petitioners was not considered for promotion. He further submits that petitioners have superannuated and if the claim of petitioners is considered, they would get notional benefits including higher pension. 2) On the other hand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of respective respondents oppose. 3) Heard. 4) Taking into consideration the fact that petitioners have already superannuated and juniors to them were promoted on 12.01.2018 to the post of Naib Tehsildar, these petitions are hereby being disposed reserving liberty in favor of petitioners to prefer separate representations before Secretary, Revenue Department i.e. respondent No. 1 within period of 30 days from today and the authority concerned is directed to decide the same strictly in accordance with law within further period of 120 days from today.

Decision

5) With the aforesaid direction(s), these petitions stand disposed of. Ajinkya Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) JUDGE

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