iSNIsLE Bts'Slii ^^/OQ (2) 1N THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) N0. ^65-2^2006 PETITIONER .^;.^ ^•::w.^' (.^'0.-'"" .-•"'.'5,.y<\0..'---"" ..-••' -••<•' \^.-'' ^^.-^'•' ..••"'' ^•'- ^J .-•••" !%/- RESPONDENTS Ku. Jeera Padhyay / D/o Shri Chandrika Prasad Padhyay Age about 38 years, Asstt.Teacher, Govt. Primary School, Keshala, Block - Tilda, Distt. - Raipur (C.G.) VERSUS 1. State Govt. of Chhattisgarh / Through: Secretary, School Education Department Ministry, D.K.S. Bhavan, Raipur (C.G.) 2. District Education Officer Raipur(C.G.) WRIT PETITIONUNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OFTHE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Petitioner most humbly submit as under:- \ HI6H COURT OF CHHATTtSSARH AT BILASPUR Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Re^)oncfents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Reqiondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents W. P. (5) No. 5623 of 2006 Smt. Ishwari Pandey Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh Aonother W^P. (5) No. 5624 of 2006 Ku. Sushilg Verma Versus State ©ovt.of Oihattisgarh & another W. P. (5) No. 5625 of 2006 Ku. Shahena Parveen Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh i& cuiother W. P. (S) No. 5626 of 2006 Rajendra Prasad 5oni Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. (S) No. 5627 of 2006 Tok Singh Verma Versus State ©ovt.of Chhattis9arh <& another W. P. (5) No. 5628 of 2006 Ramgopal Chaturvedi Versus State ©ovt.of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. (5) No. B629 of 2006 Smt. Sandhya Sharma Versus State Govt. of ChhattiS9arh <S onother W. P. (S) No. 5630 of 2006 Rakesh Kumar Sahu Versus State 66vt. of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. fS) No. S631 of 2006 Versus Lakhan Lal Patel State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh & another Petitioner Req)ondents Petitioner Reqiondents W. P. (5) No. 5632 of 2006 Ku. Jeera Padhyay Versus State ©ovt.of Chhattisgarh & another And W. P. (5) No. 5633 of2006 Sagar Ram &ahariya Versus State 6ovt. 6f Chhattisgarh & another Singte Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice §atishK. Agnihotri. Shri Ajay Shrivastava, Advocate for the Petitioners, Shri Sumedi Bajaj, Govt. Advocate for respondents/State. OR&ER )ttl (13" October, Z006) 1. Leamed counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that while working as Assistant Teachers, the petitioners hcn/e gone on training to improve their qualifications on their own expenses cnd acquired B. Ed./B.T.!. Examination Certificate. 2. The present writ petitions, being W.P.(5) Nos. 5623/2006, 5624/2006,5625/2006,5626/2006,5627/2006.5628/2006, 5629/2006, 5630/2006, 5631/2006, 5632/20)6 and 5633/2006 involve similar facts ond common question of law. Thus, these petitions are being disposed of by this common order. 3. According to learned counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners are entitted to two advance increments in view of the decision of •rtiis Court in the cose of Yashwant KOmar ('• Bharodwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, &urg and another {2006 (EC) MPJR-C6 96}. This Court- in the case of Yashwant Kumar Bharadwaj Vs. Municipa! Corporation, Ourg and another (Supra), co.ne. to the concfusion -fhat the teachers, who had obtained B.Ed./B.T.I. Examination Certificote on his own expenses, are covered by the circular dated 24.12.98 issued by the State ^ovemment of Madhya Pradesh. Leamed counsel for the petitioners further submits that the facts and question of law involved in the present cases are squarely covered by decision of this Court in the case of Yashwant Kumar Bharadwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, Dur9 and another (Supro), to vAich learned counsel appearing for the respondents fairty concedes osnd agrees with the averment made by learned counsel appearing for the petitioners. Accordingly, the writ petitions are allowed in terms of the order passed in the case of Yashwant Kumar Bharodwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, t5urg and onother (Supra), subject to verification of the fact as to whether the petitioners have acquired B.Ed./B.TJ. Exgmination Cert-ificate on their own expenses or not. No order as to costs. A copy of this order be placed on record of other connected writ petitions. Subhash Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge