1 2025:CGHC:14403 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1993 of 2025 1 - Smt. Shyanwati Kashyap W/o Late Shri Hari Ram Kashyap Aged About 49 Years Kudalgaon, Kachnar, Bastar District - Bastar Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer-In-Chief Public Works Department, Nirman Bhawan Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer P.W.D. (Setu Nirman) Zone Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2025.03.28 16:37:15 +0530 2 4 - Superintending Engineer P.W.D. (Setu Nirman) Circle Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Setu Nirman) Division Jagdalpur District - Bastar Chhattisgarh 6 - Director Treasury, Account And Pension Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Amod Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Shri S.S. Choubey, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 26.03 .2025 1. The limited relief that the Petitioner seeks for in the present Writ Petition is for an appropriate direction to the Respondents for considering the claim of the Petitioner for grant of leave encashment in terms of the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. 2. According to the Petitioner, he has made his claim in the light of the recent decision of this High Court rendered in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 30.9.2022, wherein similar claim of the Petitioner therein has been allowed. The said decision also stands afÏrmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, 3 decided on 20.6.2023. 3. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claim of all similarly placed person in the light of the aforesaid decision of this High Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of copy of this Order. 4. With aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Shoaib