^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE At BILASPUR CHHATTISGARH W.P.(S) No ^2^ / 2011 PETITIONER ^:--" ^Sff^ ;.<y o- Smt. I Lakshmi Tulasi W/o Shri I. Shrinivas Rao, Aged about 46 years, Occupation - Lecturer, Govt. Higher Secondary School Bhatagaon Distt. Durg (CG). VERSUS ,RESPONDENTS 1^ State of Chhattisgarh, Through - The Secretary, School Education Department, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2.' Joint Director, Accounts, Treasury and Pension, Raipur (C.G.) 3. District Education Officer District Durg (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA n it- HIGH COURTOF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR SINQLE BENCH : HON'BLE SHRI PRASHANT KUMAR MISHRA. J. W.P.fS)No.522of2011 PETITIONER Smt. I. Lakshmi Tulasi. Versus RESPONDENTS Stateof Chhattisgarh and others. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA. Appearance: Shri Vipin Tiwari, counsel for petitioner. Shri Yashwant Stngh, Deputy Advocate General for the State. QRALORDER Following oral order of the Cpurt was passed by Prashant Kumar Mishra. J. Heard. (2) Leamed counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is entitled to benefit of two advance increments on account of she having passed B.Ed. examination before her appointment at her own cpst. It is submitted that the issue involvedin the present petition is no ionger res integra and the same has been finaliy decided by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in the case ofAsha Saxena vs. State of M.P. & Ors., reported in 2009 ffll) MPJRfSC) 59. (3) It is further submitted that this Court has also taken a similar view in its order dated 06/02/2009 passed in W.P. (S) No. 6257 of 2008. Learned counsel for the petitioner further draws attention of this Court to order dated 29/04/2010 passed in Writ Appeal No. 124 of2009, wherein relying upon the judgment of the Supreme Court in the case of Asha Saxena (supra) and the order passed by this Court in anotherWrit Appeal No. 87/2009, directions have been issued for consideFation ofthe sase for grant of two advance increments as per circular dated 21/09/1974 issued iby the State of Madhya Pradesh, after veriflcation of the facts pleaded in th? petition. 3-0 ^- •^ (4) Learned counsel for the respondents submits that case of the petitioner would also be considered on the same lines. (5) In view of the statement made above, this petition is finally disposed off with a direction to the respondent authorities to consider and decide the claim of the petitioner for grant of two advance incrementas per circular dated 21/09/1974 issued by the State of Madhya Pradesh, after verification ofthe facts pleaded in the petition within a period of eight weeks fromtoday. j~~—-- Sd//- Prashant Kumar Mishra Ju<^e >—