1 / 3 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2004 of 2026 1 - Sukhdev Singh Chhatri S/o Prahlad Singh Chhatri Aged About 63 Years Retired Gaze Reader Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Mousam Vigyan Up Sambhag No. 14 Sakri Bilaspur Water Resources Department District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh R/o Village Bahurta, Post Pura P.S. Takhatpur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2 - Goverdhan Prasad Patel S/o Rama Prasad Patel Aged About 63 Years Retired Site Chowkidar Posted At Office Of S.D.O. (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Sub Division Kawardha Water Resources Department, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh R/o Village Ghatade, Panchgawa Post Khaija Tahsil Janjgir District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 3 - Jon Masih S/o Daya Masih Aged About 63 Years Retired Truck Driver Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Division Durg Water Resources Department, District Durg Chhattisgarh R/o Street No. 10, Zone New Aadarsh Nagar Ward No. 52 Potiyakala Durg District Durg Chhattisgarh 4 - Shashi Kapoor Dubey S/o Lala Prasad Dubey Aged About 63 Years Retired Stahal Sahayak, Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Kabirdham, Water Resources Department District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh 5 - Smt. Shamim Qureshi W/o Late Mohd Afjal Qureshi Aged About 61 Years R/o Kailash Nagar Ward No. 03 Lohara Road Kawardha District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Kabirdham, Water Resources Department District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 / 3 3 - Chief Engineer Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Godavari Kachhar Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate, Division - Durg, Water Resources Department, District - Durg Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Water Resources Division Kabirdham Water Resources Department District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh 6 - Deputy Director Jal Mousam Vigyan Sambhag No. 04 Civil Line Raipur Water Resources Department District Raipur Chhattisgarh 7 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Raipur Division, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 8 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Durg Division, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Ms. Mamta Mahilange, Advocate For Respondent-State : Ms. Apurva Nigam, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 24/02/2026 1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, is entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. Identical issue came up for hearing before this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. vs. State of C.G., in W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022, wherein petitioners therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, he is having no objection. 3 / 3 3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. Taking into consideration, the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh representations. In the event, petitioners submits representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Saurabh JUDGE