>«;i!]affm c IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH_AT BILASPUR (CHHATTISGARH) WRIT PETITION fS) N0.321/?-/2010. /- ^o/- PETITIONER: ^vv/..y •"A ^-.' ^yy '^ ./^a Dwarika Raj Patwardhan, son of Shri Baudaram Patwardhan, aged about 58 years, working as Upper Division Teacher, F*re Matric Schedule Tribe Boys Hostel, Bilha, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ^fS-' ResBgndents versus .- 1. State of Chhattisgarh, ThroughThe Secretaiy Tribal Welfare Department Ministry, D.K.S.Bhawan, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2. Commissioner, Schedule Tribe and Schedule Caste Development, Chhattisgarh, Raipur. 3. Assistant Commissioner, Tribal Welfare BUaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CQNSnTUTIQN OF INDIA 'HC—78 'ysf ^Nid.4, yiily'is, [citriiy^ ,..W.B£2.^..3..2-..tf..7^0 sii^r'^?? ('^?f3^Ef) sv^ w r<i-)' 'tT^H ^H^T 5h^l<!h TOtIW ^f??( <RI^I SB: Hoii'ble Shri Maniadra MohlEin Shrivastava, J. ^T:irf?Ti^T 'I7PT^f ^ f^t •(f^^K ^? sifW 3flt?I 6.7.2010 Shri K.S. Pawar, coxmsel fojr thc petitioner, Shri Satish Gupta, Govt. Ajlvocate for the State/respondents, on advaace copy. Heard. Leamed counsel for the pejtitioner submits that the petitioner is entitled to graat of regular pay-scale from the uutial date of appointtiient iu view of Circul^r dated 27,12.2008 issued by the Department ofScheduled Caste 4 Scheduled Tri.be and in view oforder passed by fhe Madhya Pradfsh State Administrative Tribunal, Jabalpur (for short '(he SAT^ m 6.A. No. 2745/89 (Madhufcant r<idu <ind 56 others Va. State ofSI.^. Ss other^, which later on, attained finaUly, as S.L.P. a'g/ednst the s4iae, was disniissed by fbe Supreme Court also, Leamed couiisel for fhe petitioner submits fhat respondents may be directed to cpnsider the case oftfae petitioner. 1 On the other haad, learae^ counsel for fhe respondents subnuts that if the petitioner clauns b^nefit of Circular dated 27.12.2008, petitioner ought to have first a^proached fhe respondents, clamunj such benefit <f ^l?HC—78 -• ''^S;CKrf" 'S'ss -^i^lcl^, QTil'y'ic, fsiyiyy 1T5 sn^n w R-<i'* OTTSD^iTWtIW Sinha Taldag iato consideration aud also takmg into considerat4in number of cases, petitioner is Authorities; claimiag benefit baseji by the SAT in SSaOhukant Todi qiiqfepft'l •Wreff'?fS^'({W5P ^3J8|H 3)1^1 pie subinissions niade by the parties fhat orders have been passed ia Uberty to approach respondent- on Ciroular dated 27.12.2008. gr^ated If the petitioner staads on 1jhe same footings as per order passed (supra) and subsequenfty confirmed by the Supreme Court ia Specia^ leave Petition (Civi^ No.6892/93 by order dated 3.1.1994, fhe petition^r may be entifled to same reUef. With fhe aforesaid obser^ations, the petition stauds finatty disposed off. Manindra Mohan Shrivastava Judge