iN(3i_F RFiVf>i ii ^n W) l^ (2) IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION (S) N0. ^'^y/2006 PETITIONER fc ..•-•" .o0^ ^/,(1/ "';<'i<sf;"( ^ ^^' 'y0' <;•' RESPONDENTS L. TokSinghVerma^ S/o Shri RamadhinVerma .** .e- Age about 39 years, Asstt.Teacher, Govt. Primary School, Bithiya, 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 PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Petitioner most humbly submit as under:- te HI6H COURT OF CHHATTES6ARH AT BILASPUR te- Petitioner Reqiondents Petitioner Re^ondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Re^iondents W. P. tS) No. 5623 of 2006 Smt. Ishwari Pandey Versus State Sovt. of Oihattisgarh & another W. P.(S) No. 5624 of 2006 Ku. Sudiila Verma Versus 3tate 6ovt. of CTihattisgarh & another W. P. (5) No. 5625 of 2006 Ku. Shdiena Parveen Versus State Govt. of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. (S) No. 5626 of 2006 Rajendra Prasad Soni Versus State ©ovt.of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. (5)No. 5627 of 2006 Tok Singh Verma Versus State <5ovt. of Chhattisgarh & onother W. P. (5) No. 5628 of 2006 Ramgopal Chaturvedi Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh A another W. P. (5) No. 5629 of 2006 Smt. Sandhya Sharma Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh & oaiother W. P. (5) No. 5630 of 2006 Rdkesh Kumar 5ahu Versus State Govt. of Chhattisgarh & another W. P. (5) No. S631 of Z006 Versus Lakhan Lal Patel Sta+e 6ovt. ofChhattisgarh Aanotfier Petitioner Respondents Petitioner Respondents W. P. 15) No. 5632 of 2006 Ku. Jeera Padhyay Versus State 6ovt. of Chhattisgarh & onother And W. P. (S} No. 5633 of 2006 Sagar Ram Dahariyai Versus State Govt. of Chhattisgarh & another Single Bench: Hon'ble Mr. Justice Satish K. Agnihotri. Shri Ajay Shrivostava, Advocate for the Petitioners. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, 6ovt. Advocate for respondents/State. A?- O R & ER (13th October, 2006) 1. Leamed counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that while working as Assistant Teachers, the petitioners hwe gone on training to improve their qualifications on their own expenses and acquired B. Ed./B.T-I. Examination Certificate. 2. The present writ petitions, being W.P.(S) Nos. 5623/2006, 5624/2006.5625/2006,5626/2006,5627/2006,5628/2006, 5629/2006, 5630/2006, 5631/2006, 5632/2006 and 5633/2006 involve similar facts and comrnon question of law. Thus, these petitions are being disposed of by this common order. 3. According to ledmed counsel for the petitioners, the petitioners are entitled to two advance increments in view of +he decision of this Court- in the case of Yashwant Kumar ^ Bharodwaj Vs. Municipal Corporotion, Durg and another {2006 CCI) MPJR-C6 96}. This Court in the case of Yashwant Kumar Bharodwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, Durg and another (Supra), came to the conclusion that the teachers, (^10 had obtained B.Ed./B.T.I. Examination Cert'ificate on his own expenses, are covered by the circutar dated 24.12.98 issued by the 5'tate Sovemment of Madhya Pradesh. 4. Leamed counsel for the petitioners further submits that the facts and question of law involved in the present coses are squarely covered by decision of this Court in the case of Yo^iwant Kumar Bharadwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, Durg and another (Supra), to which leamed counsel dppearing for the respondents fairty concedes and ngrees with the averment made by leamed counsel appearing for the petitioners. 5. Accordingly, the writ petitions are allowed in terms of the order passed in the case of Yashwant Kumar Bharadwaj Vs. Municipal Corporation, Durg ond onother (Supra). subject to verification of the fact as to whether the petitioners have acquired B.Ed./B.T-I. Examination Certificate on their own expenses or not. No order as to costs. 6. A copy of •rtiis order be placed on record of other connected writ petitions. Subhash Sd/- SatishK.Agnihotri Judge