@ wak BEFORE THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATI‘ISGARH AT BILASPUR (CG) WRIT PETITION S NO. (76 2/2011 PETITIONER / Suresh Kumar Patel, aged about 47 years, son of Late Kamta Prasad Patel, occupation — Upper Division Teacher, Government Primary — Middle School — Kewrabari, Distt. Raigarh(CG) VERSUS RESPONDENTS /1. State of Chhattisgarh, through — Secretary, Department of School Education, Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) / 2. The Director, Lok Shikshan Sanchalnalaya, Raipur (CG) ,3. Distt. Education Officer, Distt. Raigarh(CG) 4. Block Education Officer —Raigarh, Distt. Raigarh (CG) @ : VS ERSU RS ESPONDENT : Present: hri ANBhakta, Advocate for the petition. S er " Shri P.K.Bhaduri Panel Lawyer for the State/respondents he petitioner was initially appointed as Assistant Teacher on a fixe . T d a of Rs. 300/-. After completion ofprobaton period, he was grante py i d rl l. eguar pay scae . L pg earned counsel apearin for the petitioner submits that the issue involved in the case is asto whether, the petitioner is entitled to regular ’ ay scale we]: the date of initial appointment or aiter completion o p f pi probation erod. . Te issue involved, herein was considered by the Madhya Pradesh h State Administrative Tbl riuna, Jbl aapur 'n i OA .. No. 2489 75/ Mauan adu and 56 others Vs. State ofMP. & others), where (dhkt Y in i th ar t was held at the similarly situated teachers are entitled to regul pa scale w.e.f the date of initial appointment. The matter was tak y en p to Hon'ble Supreme Court in Special Leave Petition (Civil) N u o. Court upholding the decision of the Tribunal to the effect that the «i a @ WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA . MW; Teachers/Assistant Teachers are entitled toregular pay scale eom ate d of initial appointment. Learned counsel appearing for'the petitioner also submits that this court, while considering the same issue in Amar Sai Ram & others Vs. VState of Chhattisgarh & others [W.P. (S) No. 4725/2006} by order dated 01.09.2006, allowed the petitioners to make a representation along with copy of the petition and annexures within a period of ten days, raising all their grievances and in turn the concerned respondent was directed to decide the representation in an objective manner 5 within a period of 3O days from the ‘date of receipt of the representation. . Accordingly, the petitioner is granted liberty to make a representation raising all his gievances and in tum, the concerned respondent is directed to decide the representation, if any, in accordance with law, on its own merits, within a period of 8 weeks h‘om the date of receipt ofthe representation. . In view 'of the foregoing, this petition is disposed of. No order asto costs. Satish K. Agnihotri Judge Sd/-' Amit .