IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITIOAE 67.213 OF 2006 PETITIONER /V SmT. Mamfo Singh Kashyop, Wife of Shri Joirom Koshyap, Aged obou118ygqts Shiksho Kormi Grade—3, Primary School, Balood, Dish‘. Domeworo (Chhat’risgorh) VERSUS / 1. Stafe of Chhah‘isgorh fhrough Secretory, Department of Urbon Administration & Development, Mantrataya Dauo Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) I 2. Collector, DistrictSouth Bastar Dantewara (Chhattisgarh) /3. Zila Panchayat, Dantewara, through its Chief Municipal Officer, Nagar Panchayat Dantewara (Chhattisgarh) Officer, RESPONDENTS ,4. Block Development Dantewara (Chhattisgarh) /5. District Education Officer, Dantewara (Chhattisgarh) /6. Head Master, Primay School Balood, Janpad gamdMGCL \ \ ‘ Dantewara (Chhattisgarh) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA FOR ISSUANCE OF WRIT IN NATURE OF MANDAMUS AND OTHER SUITABLE WRIT OR WRITS DIRECTION OR DIRECTIONS, ORDER OR ORDERS: ' 2 i The petitioner, above-named, most respectfully submits as under: ‘ , WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLES 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA SB: Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present: .. ,. HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) N0. 7223 of 2009 O PETITIONER : Smt. Mamta Singh Kashyap. VERSUS State of Chhattisgarh & Others. RESPONDENTS Shri Sandeep Shrivastava, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri A.V.Shridhar, Panel Lawyer for the State. ORDER§ORALI 10‘ day of December, 2009) (Passed on The petitioner, by this petition seeks a writ of mandamus commanding the respondents to release the salary of the petitioner for the period from July, 2008 onwards. The petitioner, working as Shiksha Karmi Grade III, was posted at Middle School, Dhobiguda, Janpad Panchayat Bakavand, District Jagdalpur. Thereafter, the petitioner was transferred tolPrimary School, Balood, . Dantewada Vide order dated 12.08.2008 (Annexure P/3). After joining the ‘ new place of posting, the petitioner remained absent and accordingly, a Show cause notice was issued on 29.9.2009 (Annexure P/l 0). According to the learned counsel for the petitioner, the petitioner filed reply to the said show cause notice on 12.10.2009 (Annexure P{ll) which is pending consideration before the concerned authorities. In the meantime, the petitioner has approached this Court in this petition seeking a writ of mandamus against the respondents to release the salary for the period from July, 2008 onwards. Leamed counsel appearing for the State/respondents submits that the petitioner remained absent since July 2008 therefore, she is not entitled to salary. Even otherwise, the case of the petitioner for grant of salary on 2 account of her continuous absence is pending consideration before the authorities after show-cause—notice. Thus, this petition is premature and the same may be dismissed accordingly. 4. At this stage, this Court may not interfere with the proceedings pending before the respondent authorities. However, it isvexpected that the respondent authorities may consider the case of the petitioner pending before them as expeditiously as possible, in accordance with law, on its l own perspective. 5. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed with the aforestated observations. ; f 5 Sd/- 2 l : Satish K. Agnihotri1 t