1 2025:CGHC:10363 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1558 of 2025 1 - Smt. Rambai Netam W/o Late Shri Charan Singh Netam Aged About 56 Years R/o Awaspara Ward No. 1 Bhanpuri District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 2 - Smt. Madhuri Dixit W/o Late Shri Ajay Dixit Aged About 60 Years R/o Mahurband Para Ward No. 3 Kanker Thana Tahsil And District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 3 - Smt. Bhukai Bai W/o Late Shri Ramlal Aged About 62 Years R/o Village Korrampara Post Kulharkatta Bhanupratappur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 4 - Smt. Jankibai Tandiya W/o Late Shri Johan Ram Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Pendavari Post Tarhul Durgukondal District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 5 - Smt. Sukhiyabai Gawade W/o Late Shri Maniram Gawade Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Bhaisakanhar Post Salhe Bhanupratappur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 6 - Smt. Shamko Bai W/o Late Shri Khubiram Aged About 58 Years R/o Village And Post Dangra Durgukondal District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 7 - Smt. Suruj Bai Hirko W/o Late Shri Aliram Hirko Aged About 62 Years R/o Village Bhaisakanhar Post Salhe Bhanupratappur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) VISHAKHA BEOHAR Digitally signed by VISHAKHA BEOHAR 2 8 - Smt. Pushpa Salam W/o Late Shri Shivchand Salam Aged About 56 Years R/o Village Chanar Post Junwani Narharpur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 9 - Smt. Aanjuli Gupta W/o Late Shri Rajesh Kumar Gupta Aged About 44 Years R/o Ward No. 10 Near Pwd Office Narharpur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 10 - Smt. Rajim Bai Vasnik W/o Late Shri M.L. Vasnik Aged About 66 Years R/o Shiv Nagar Kanker District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department Kanker District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 3 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department Bhanupratapur District - North Baster Kanker (C.G.) 4 - The Executive Engineer National Highway Public Wroks Department Jagdalpur District - Baster At Jagdalpur (C.G.) 5 - Sub Divisional Officer National Highway Sub Division Kanker District - North Baster (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from the Case Information System) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners :- Mr. Somkant Verma, Advocate For State :- Mr. Ajit Singh, G.A. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order On Board 03.03.2025 3 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioners have prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to direct the respondent concerned to consider case of the petitioners for grant of benefit of leave encashment, within stipulated period. 10.2 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit. ” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that petitioners are the LRs of the deceased retired employees of the respondent department, who were working as class-IV employees in the Public Works Department. He submits that in the light of judgment passed by this Court in Writ Petition (S) No.3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.) and other connected matters decided on 30.09.2022, the deceased retired employees were entitled for leave encashment. 3. Learned State counsel submits that sufficient documents have not been filed by the petitioners and it is also not reflected as to whether the deceased retired employees have completed the minimum period of the service to avail the benefit of leave encashment. 4. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available in record. 5. Be that as it may, without commenting anything on the merits, this petition is disposed off giving liberty to the petitioners to make detailed representation before the concerned respondent / 4 competent authority within the period of ‘30 days’ from the date of receipt of copy of this order with all necessary documents to substantiate their claim. In the event of filing of representation, on due verification, if the deceased retired employees are found to be similarly situated persons, as in the case of Faguvaram Patel (Supra), their claim shall be decided by the respondents in light of judgment of Faguvaram Patel (Supra) expeditiously preferably within the period of ‘90 days’ from the date of submission of the said representation. 6. Accordingly, this petition stands disposed off with aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Vishakha