P. Sam Koshy, J
1. The State counsel is directed to accept notice on behalf of the respondents No. 1 to 4.
2. The challenge in the present two Writ Petitions is to the order Annexure-P/1 dated 24/05/2018 whereby the petitioners who are working as a
Training Officer since January-2013 have been ordered to go in for training of ATI/CTI of 1 year consisting of two semesters.
3. The contention of the counsel for the petitioners is that, as per rules, if a training officer has put in more than 5 years of service, then he/she need
not undergo training of 1 year. It is only a training of 3 months that would be required and this 1 year training is for those persons who have not
completed 3 years of service. He further submits that, in the instant case, since the petitioners were appointed in January-2013 they have already put
in more than 5 years of service, the impugned order dated 24/05/2018 is therefore bad in law to the extent of sending the petitioners for a training of 1
year whereas it ought to have been for 3 months.
4. The State counsel however opposed the petitions with only a doubt of whether the petitioners were infact appointed in January-2013 or not.
However, he does not dispute the fact that as per rules, if they have put in 5 years of service, they need not go in for training of 1 year, but the training
for them would be that of 3 months.
5. Given the aforesaid factual matrix of the case, this Court does not intend to keep the Writ Petitions pending any further.
6. Let the petitioners file their objections before the respondent No.2 in respect of their grievance within a period of 10 days from the date of receipt
of the copy of this order. The respondent No.2 in turn shall consider and decide the objections of the petitioners in the light of the provisions of the
Chhattisgarh Industrial Training (Non-Gazetted) Class-III Service Recruitment Rules, 2014 within a further period of 45 days for the date of receipt of
objections from the petitioners.
7. Till the objection, if so filed by the petitioners within the time prescribed, is decided by the respondent No.2, they shall not act upon the impugned
order Annexure-P/1.
8. With the aforesaid direction, both the Writ Petitions stands disposed off.