T~ '^- <?0 / IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR. CHHATTISGARH Writ Petition(S) No. '7^-G of 2007 PETITIONERS: ••^. ^ ^ ^" ^^ ,$^" \^^" ^ ^y' ^ ^y <. ^^•-"'^ 'TJ3.1';^-""^ ^)^^-^ .<^'^y" ^••"^ y V ..^•' '(.ffw^ \'^%\ '^a \\ I * jS-R./(ausj^,) ? 1 ^2Sj X^'r^>// < <^A SaketTripathi, 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. 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. ~l i .+. 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, Western Ring Road, Kedarpur, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 6. ' Deependra Singh, S/o Suresh Pratap Singh, Aged about 26 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment GuaranteeScheme, R/o Village: Baroudhi, Bhatgaon, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 7. ^ Nimesh Kumar Shrivastava, S/oV.P.Shrivastava, Aged about 31 years, Posted as Accountant under the Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme, R/o C/o Anand Electrical, Sadar Road, Ambikapur, District; Surguja, Chhattisgarh. - Versus - ¥- RESPONDENTS: ^f^ State of Chhattisgarh, Through the Secretary, Department of Panchayat & Rural Development, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. Chhattisgarh State Employment Implementation Guarantee Council, Through its President, Chief Minister's Secretariat, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. J Union of India, Through the Secretary, Ministry of Rural Development New Delhi. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. Zila Panchayat, Surguja, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Ambikapur, District: Surguja, Chhattisgarh. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF APPROPRIATE WRIT/WRITS, DIRECTIONS ETC.. IN THE NATURE OF MANDAMUS, CERTIORARI AND/OR ANY OTHER SUITABLE WRIT OF LIKE NATURE The petitioners, above named, most respectfully beg to submit as under: - ^. 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, Ambikapur, District Kanker Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Kanker, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Ambikapur, District - Kanker, Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Dines R.K.Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondents 1, 2 & 4 Shri Gajendra Sahu, Advocate on behalfofShri Ashok Verma, Advocate for the Union oflndia/respondent No. 3. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Advocate for the respondent No. 5. WRIT PETITION (S) No. 7312 of 2007 PETITIONERS ^- RESPONDENTS 1. Manish Sharma S/o Dilip Shanna, aged about 30 years, Accountant, Bhanupratappur, Kanker, District—Kanker (C.G.) 2. Gend Sing S/o Shri Raghudas, aged about 29 years, Accountant, Kanker, District - Kanker (C.G.) 3. Durgesh Kumar Chandra S/o Shyamlal Chandra, aged about 30 years, Accountant, Durgkondal, District - Kanker (C.G.) 4. Roshan Lal Sahu, S/o D.R.Sahu, aged abouf 26 years, Accountant, Charama, District - Kanker (C.G.) 5. Smt. Pushpmani Uike, W/o Shri Anil Kumar Uike, aged about 30 years, Accountant, 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 of India Through the Secretary Ministry of Rural Development New Delhi. 4. District Programme Coordinator (Collector) under the 4> T^^3 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act, 2005, Ambikapur, District Kanker Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Kanker, Through its Chief Executive Officer, Ambikapur, District - Kanker, Chhattisgarh. ..-!«, Present: Shri Dines R.K.Tiwari, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondents 1, 2 & 4 Shri Gajendra Sahu, Advocate on behalf of Shri Ashok Verma, Advocate for the Union oflndia/respondent No. 3. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Advocate for the respondent No. 5. PETITIONERS WRIT PETITIQN ( S ) No. 7325 of2007 : 1. Kamal Narayan Yadav S/o G.P.Yadav, Aged 32 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Chhuikhadan, Tahsil : ChhuikUadan, R/o Village :,Dhamdha, Tahsil : Dhamdha, District Durg, Chhattisgarh. 2. Satya Narayan Tamrakar, S/o Girdhar Lal Tamrakar, Aged 33 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment. Guarantee Scheme at Jaiipad Panchayat : Chhuikhadan, Tahsil : Chhuikhadan, R/o Village Devada, Tahsil Berala, District Durg, Chhattisgarh. 3. Dharmendra Singh S/o Veer Pratap Singh Aged 33 years, Occupation : Sen/ice, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at'Janpad Panchayat : Chhikhadan, Tahsil Chhuikhadan, R/o Sethpara, Chhuikhadan, Tahsil : Chhuikhadan, District: Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 4. Ajay Pratap Singh S/o Neelamber Singh Aged 24 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Ambagarh Chowki, Tahsil : Ambagarh Chowki, R/o D.D.Nagar, Sector -4, Raipur, District: Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5. Raghvendra Bahadur Singh S/o Harendra Bahadur Singh Aged 27 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Ambagarh Chowki, Tahsil: Ambagarh Chowki, R/o Netaji Subhash Nagar, Near Kalibadi, Bhilai, District :Durg, Chhattisgarh. 6. Khub Chand Aadil S/o Sant Ram Aadil, Aged 34 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat: Khairagarh, Tahsil Khairagarh, R/o Santra Badi, Durg, District Durg, Chfaattisgarh. 7. Deman Lal Deshmukh S/o Tula Ram Deshmukh, Aged 33 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment \73 -f \l,t. Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Khairagarh, Tahsil Khairagarh, R/o Bus Stand, Balod, Tahsil - Balod, District: Durg, Chhattisgarh. 8. Yogendra Sahu S/o Chavi Lal Sahu, Aged 35 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee S'cheme at Janpad Panchayat : Khairgarh, Tahsil : Khairgarh, R/o New Adarsh Nagar, Durg, District : Durg, Chhaftisgarh. 9. Pokhraj Puri Goswami S/o Padumaan Puri Goswami, Aged 35 years, Occupation: Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Dongargarh, Tahsil : Dongargarh, R7o Kumd, Tahsil : Kurud, District Dhaintari, Chhattisgarh. lO.Sudhri Anand Beghal S/o Sushil Beghal, Aged 32 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Khairgarh, Tahsil Khairgarh, R/o CampNo. 2, Bhilai, District Durg, Chhattisgarh. ll.Bisnath Thakur S/o Gulal Thakur, Aged 34 years, Occupation : Service, Posted as Technical Assistant under the National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme at Janpad Panchayat : Maanpur, Tahsil Maanpur, R/o Village : Dondilohara, Durg, District : Durg, 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, Rajnandgaon, District: Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 5. Zila Panchayat, Rajnandgaon, Through its Chief' • Executive Officer, Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. Present: Shri Rajeev Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioners. Shri Y.S.Thakur, Deputy Advocate General for the State/respondents 1 & 2 Shri Gajendra Sahu, Advocate on behalf of Shri Ashok Verma, Advocate for the Union oflndia/respondent No. 3. Shri Pankaj Shrivastava, Advocate for the respondent No. 5. RESPONDENTS PETITIONERS WRIT PETITION ( S ) No. 7482 of2007 : 1. Jogendra Kumar Mhanat S/o Sufal Das, aged about 29 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Joradol, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) M 10 1 *- 2. Bodhsagar Baghel S/o Kosam Kumar Baghel, aged about 40 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Pangsawa, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 3. Damrudhar Barke S/o Vishnudhar Barke, aged about 24 years, R/o Gram Paachayat Balajhar, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 4. Urmila Singh W/o Niraj Singh, aged about 37 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Injako, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 5. Kiran Sahu D/o Shobhanram Sahu, aged about 19 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Sukhrapara, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 6. Shivkumar Paikra S/o Mohanlal Paikra, aged about 25 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Shivpur, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 7. Arvind Kerkatta S/o Jemsm Kerkatta, aged about 32 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Pithaama, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 8. Amarjit Beck S/o Budhram Beck, aged about 22 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Kukurgaon, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 9. Devendra Singh Paikara S/o Ramnath, aged about 31 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Rajaama, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) lO.Dinesh Kumar Yadav S/o Harmani Yadav, aged about 28 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Khajridhap, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur, (C.G.) 11. Gopal Prasad Yadav S/o Banram Yadav, aged about 25 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Mirzafer, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 12.Janakprasad Dansena S/o Ghasiyaram Dansena, aged about 22 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Kerakachar, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 13. Savitri Sahu D/o Shanti Prasad, aged about 20 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Ghaarjiya Bathan, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 14.Motiram Nishad S/o Damrudhar Nishad, aged about 25 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Dudugjor, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 15.Dinesh Kumar Nag S/o Amritsai Nag, aged about 27 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Jhakkadpur, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 16.Ku. Mousmi Paikra D/o Katthusai Paikra, aged about 23 years, R7o Gram Panchayat Jamjhor, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 17.Jeromina Ekka W/o Deepchand, aged about 28 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Kukumuka, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) IS.Naihari Toppo D/o Dilsai Toppo, aged about 27 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Pakargaon, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 19.Dhamendra Singh Paikra S/o Patulnath Singh, aged about 21 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Patratoli, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 11 RESPONDENTS •:»- 20.Binalo Bai D/o Balakram, aged about 23 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Pemla, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 21.Foolmet Paikra D/o Piyaram Paikra, aged about 21 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Shekhpur, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 22.Borsai Sidar S/o Lakhan Prasad, aged about 26 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Susdega, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 23.Shekhar Kumar Paikra D/o Dinbandhu Sai Paikra, aged about 26 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Khutapani, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 24. Manohar Singh Netam S/o Ganeshram Netam, aged about 25 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Baturbahar, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 25.Baijnath Sidar S/o Budhiyar Sai Sidar, aged about 32 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Pandripani, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 26.Mithila Chouha D/o Abdhut Chouhan aged about 18 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Surangpani, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 27. Tarun Kumar Behra S/o Khitichand Behra, aged about 23 years, R/o Gram Panchayat Tirsoth, Tehsil Patthalgaon, District Jashpur (C.G.) 28. Tejram