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( S ) N o . 7 0 0 6 / 2 0 0 7 ( S o k e i ‘ T r i p o ’ r h i a n d O t h e r s ) a n d o t h e r c o n n e c t e d m i t e r s , i n c l u d i n g T h i s p e t i t i o n . ’ S d / - i R e a d e r t o H i s L o r d s h i p . o t h e r s v . S t a t e o f C h h a t t i s g a r h & f^ '(- HIGH COURT QF CHHATTISGARH: BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) No. 7006 of 2007 PETITIONERS : Saket Tripathi & others. Vs. . RESPONDENTS State of CKhattisgarh & others. AND OTHER CONNECTED MATTERS. Post for pronouncement ofthe Judgment andOrder on S.I /07/2008 Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge " 7i?/OT/2Uus ^! HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) No. 7006 of2007 PETITIONERS 1 3. \-^. Saket Tripathi S/o Late Durgacharan Tripathi, Aged about 27 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme R/o High School Road, Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Arun Kumar Patwa S/o Narayan Patwa, Aged about 29 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, R/o In front of Old Employment Office, Triveni Villa, Ring Road, Namnakala, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Ganesh Dutt Mishra S/o Shiv Prasad Mishra, Aged about 26 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme R/o Sattipara Chowk, Nehru Ward, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 4. Heera Ratan Rajwade S/o Late Brijmohan Rajwade, Aged about 26 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, R/o Near Power House, Namnakala, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 5. Navin Kumar Gupta S/o Baijnath Gupta, Aged about 30 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme R/o Mission Chowk, Westem Ring Road, Kedarpur, Ambikapur, District : Surguja, Chhatdsgarh. 6. Deependra Singh S/o Suresh Pratap Singh Aged about 26 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, R/o Village : Baroudhi, Bhatgaon, District: Surguja Chhattisgarh. 7. Nimesh Kumar Shrivastava S/o V.P.Shrivastava, Aged about 31 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme R/o C/o Anand Electrical, SadarRoad, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. VERSUS RESPONDENTS : 1. Sfate of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary, Department ofPanchayat and Rural Development, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2. Chhattisgarh State Employment Implementation Guarantee Council, Through its President, Chief Minister's Secretariat, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur Chhattisgarh. 3. Union of India, Through the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development, New Delhi. 4. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Ambikapur, District: Surguja Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Surguja, Through its Chief Executive Officer: Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Rajeev Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondent No. 1 & 2 Shri S.K.Beriwal, StandingCounsel forthe Union ofIndia/respondentNo. 3. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Advoeate for the respondent No. 4 and 5. WRIT PETITION (S) No. 7069 of 2007 PETITIONERS •~4 1. Vimlesh Singh S/o Baran Ram Aged about 30 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistanl under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pratappur, Tehsil : Pratappur, R/o Janpad Panchayat: Pratappur, Tehsil : Pratappur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 2. Amit Mishra S/o Ashok Mishra Aged about 27 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Ramanujnagar, Tehsil Surajpur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Ramanujnagar, Tehsil : Surajpur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 3. Parimal Tiwari S/o Devraj Tiwari, Aged about 28 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Lal<hanpur, Tehsil Ambikapur, R/o Janpad Panchayt : Laldianpur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Ghhattisgarh. 4. Ashok Dubey S/6 Sukhnath Dubey, Aged about 28 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Pratappur, Tehsil : Pratappur, R/o Janpad Panchayat: Pratappur, Tehsil : Pratappur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 5. Jaipal Singh S/o Krisan Chandra Singh, Aged about 33 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Lakhanpur, Tehsil Ambikapur, R/o New Bhatti Road, Kedarpur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 6. Arvind Kujur S/o Enosent Kujur, Aged about 32 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Balrampur, Tehsil Balrampur, R/o Janpad Panchayat Balrampur, Tehsil : Balrampur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 7. Jeetram Banjare S/o Dujram Banjare, Aged about 37 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Mainpath, Tehsil Sitapur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Mainpath, Tehsil : Sitapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 8. Pratap Singh Sisodiya, S/o Laxman Singh Sisodiya, Aged about 34 years, Occupation: Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad. Panchayat: Lakhanpur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Lakhanpur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 9. Durga Prasad Paikra, S/o Pancham Ram, Aged abouf 29 years, Occupation : Service, Ppsted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat: Udaipur, Tehsil : Surajpur, R7o Janpad Panchayat Udaipur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. lO.Kartik Kerketta S/o Idarsai Kerketta, Aged about 28 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Batouli, Tehsil : Ambikapur, R/o Gandhi Nagar, Tehsil Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. ll.Puran Singh Paikra S/o Anand Singh Paikra, Aged about 32 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Ramanujnagar Tehsil : Surajpur, R/o Janpad Panchayt : Ramanujnagar, Tehsil : Surajpur, District: Surgyja, Chhattisgarh. 12.Sukhchand Dewangan S/o Late Ramadhin Dewangan Aged about 36 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistaat under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Ramanujnagar, Tehsil : Surajpur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Ramanujnagar, Tehsil: Surajpur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. IS.Prem Singh Kanwar, S/o Darasram, Aged about 32 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Kusmi, Tehsil: Kusmi, R/o Janpad Panchayat: Kusmi, Tehsil Kusmi, District : Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 14.Maan Singh S/o Sumuldi Singh Kanwar, Aged about 40 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pratappur, Tehsil : Pratappur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Pratappur, Tehsil Pratappur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 15.Dev Singh S/o Kinal Ram, Aged about 30 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under th.e Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Surajpur, Tehsil : Surajpur, R/o Care of Ram Prasad Ram, Near Pratappur Naka, Khaalpara, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 16.Jai Kumar Sahu S/o Ram Prasad Sahu, aged about 28 years,. Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Surajpur, Tehsil : Surajpur, R/o Janpad Panchayat, Surajpur, Tehsil Surajpur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 17.Ram Rayal S/o Late Ram-Adhar Rayal, aged about 39 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Rajpur, Tehsil : Rajpur, R7o Janpad Panchayat : Rajpur, District : Surguja, Chhattisgarh. IS.Shyamlal S/o Kanhai Ram, Aged about 28 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistanl .under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Tehsil Premnagar, R/o Tehsil : Premnagar, RESPONDENTS Janpad Panchayat : Premnagar, Janpad Panchayat Premnagar, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 19.Khulan Ram Gupta, S/o Sita Ram Gupta, Aged about 36 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural .Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pratappur, Tehsil Pratappur, R/o Janpad Panchayat Pratappur, Tehsil Pratappur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 20.Rajesh Dubey S/o Niranjan Prasad Dubey, Aged about 23 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Surajpur, Tehsil : Surajpur, R/o Janpad Panchayat : Surajpur, Tehsil Surajpur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 21.Kum. Urmila Gupta D/o Kunj Bihari Gupta, Aged about 33 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Ambikapur, R/o.Janpad Panchayat : Ambikapur, Tehsil : Ambikapur, District : Surguja, Chhattisgarh. VERSUS 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Secretary, Department ofPanchayat & Rural Development, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2. Chhattisgarh State Employment Implementation Guarantee Council, Through its President, Chief Minister's Secretariat, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3. Union oflndia, Through the Secretary, Ministry ofRural Development, New Delhi. 4. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Surguja, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Rajeev Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondent No. 1 & 2 Shri S.K.Beriwal, Standing Counsel for the Union ofIndia/respondentNo. 3. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Advocate for the respondent No. 4 and 5. PETITIONERS WRIT PETITION ( S ) No. 7101 of 2007 : 1. Sunil Kumar Patel S/'o Lal Kumar Patel, Aged about 37 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Gharghoda, Tehsil : Gharghoda, District : Raigarh, R/o Village: Nansiya, Post Office, Patel Pali, District: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 2. Laxmi Narayan Patel S/o Late Shri B.S.Patel Aged about 44 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical '}&'. -;'»- RESPONDENTS Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Kharsiya, Tehsil : Kharsiya, Distt. Raigaih R/o 228/1, ShriraiTi Colony, Beladula, Raigarh, District: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 3. Bharat Kumar Lahre, S/o Late Kolambar Das Lahre, Aged about 32 years, Occupation Service, Posfed as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat :Kharsiya, Tehsil : Kharsiya, Distt. Raigarh RVo Gayatri Vihar, Vinoba Nagar, Bilaspur, District : Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 4. Satish Eldca S/o S. Ekka, Aged about 32 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Kharsiya, Tehsil : Kharsiya, Distt. Raigarh, R/o Near Income Tax Office, Bhartiya Nagar, Bilaspur, District: Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 5. Ashok Kumar Dase S/o Laxmi Narayan Dase, Aged about 28 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National . Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pussaur, Tehsil : Pussaur, Distt. Raigarh R/o Chakradhar Nagar, Bangla Para, Behind Forest Colony, Raigarh, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 6. Paul Khalkho S/o Simon Khalkho, ageda bout 32 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pussaur, Tehsil Pussaur Distt. Raigarh, R/o Dmpat Patel, Mali Para, Boir Dadar, Raigarh, District: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 7. Vikas Pradhan S/o Jagdish Pradhan, Aged about 23 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Pussaur, Tehsil : Pussaur, Distt. Raigarh, R/o Village : Bikharimal, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh : 8. Ashutosh Shrivastava, S/o R.P.Shrivastava, Aged about 34 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Gharghoda, Tehsil Gharghoda, Distt. Raigarh, R/o In front of Karm Kunj KaliyaBuilding Street, Post ', Atarmuda, District : Raigarh, Chhattisgarh 9. Jeet Rain Barman S/o Gaplu Ram Barman, Aged about 42 years, Occupation Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the Nationat Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Kharsiya, Tehsil : Kharsiya, Distt. Raigarh, R/o Village :Chapora, Post & Tehsil : Bhilaigarh, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. VERSUS 1. State ofChhattisgarh Through the Secretary, Department ofPanchayat & Rural Development, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. ~p 2. Chhattisgarh State Employment Implementation Guarantee Council, Through its President, Chiel' Minister's Secretariat D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3. Union oflndia Through the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development New Delhi. 4. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the National. Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Raigarh, Dista-ict: Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Raigarh, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Raigarh, Distriet, Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. 6. Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchayat (DRDA) Raigarh, Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Rajeev Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondent No. 1 & 2 Shri Gajendra Sahu, Advocate on behalfofShri Ashok Verma, Advocate for the Union oflndia/respondent No. 3. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Advocate for the respondent No. 4, 5 and 6. PETITIONERS -•i1. » WRIT PETITION ( S ) No.7307of2007 : 1. Mukesh Yadav S/o Shri Dilip Singh Yadav, aged about 30 years, Technical Assistant, Charama, District - Kanker (C.G.) 2. Rajendra Kumar Verma S/o Shri Lakhan Lal Verma, aged about 30 years, Technical Assistant, Charama, District - Kanker (C.G.) 3. Kishore Kumar Gajendra S/o Shri Radheshyam Gajendra, aged about 36 years, Technical Assistant, Janpad Panchayat Charama, District - Kanker (C.G.) 4. Yudhishthir Sonwani S/o Shri J.L.Sonwani, aged about 37 years, Technical Assistant, Bhanupratappur, District - Kanker (C.G.) 5. Dharmraj Darro S/o Ratan Singh Darro, aged about 32 years, Technical Assistant, Narharpur, District - Kanker (C.G.) 6. Ramnarayan Markandey S/o Shri Mulchand Satnami, aged about 23 years, Technical Assistant, Narharpur, Distriet - Kanker (C.G.) 7. Ravindra Kumar Sori S/o Shri Halal Singh Sori, aged about 24 years, Technical Assistant, Narharpur, District - Kanker (C.G.) 8. Navin Sahu, S/o Shri Arjun Sahu, aged about 24 years, Technical Assistant, Narharpur, District - Kanker (C.G.) 9. Bhanupratap Banjare, S/o Kirti Ram Banjare, aged about 33 years, Technical Assistant, Bhanupratappur, District - Kanl<.er(C.G.) lO.Pawan Kumar Dhruw S/o Ghasi Ram Dhruw, aged about 32 years, Technical Assistant, Durgkondal, District - Kanker (C.G.) 11. Om Prakash Thakur, S/o Late Shri Ganesh Ram Thakur, r £--^ ^'^. "'Ss'^,-^ ~"!8i&,._Ss-t-' RESPONDENTS :"r aged about 25 years, , Technieal Assistant, Bhanupratappur, District - Kanker (C.G.) 12.Loman Singh Netam S/o Gend Singh Netam, aged about 28 years, Technical Assistant Narharpur, District - Kanker (C.G.) VERSUS 1. State of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2. Chhattisgarh State Employment Implementation Guarantee Council Through President, Chief Minister Secretariat, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 3. Union oflndia Through the Secretary Ministry ofRural Development New Delhi. 4. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005,