1 / 3 2025:CGHC:14984 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2094 of 2025 1 Hari Shankar Sahu S/o Kartik Ram Sahu Aged About 77 Years R/o- Village And Post Kera P.S.- Nawagarh Tehsil- Shivrinarayan Distt.- Janjgir Champa (C.G.) (Petitioner Retired On 30/04/2008 From The Post Of Store Attendant) 2 Gend Ram Sahu S/o Late Firit Ram Sahu Aged About 71 Years R/o- Village And Post Kera P.S.- Nawagarh Tehsil- Shivrinarayan Distt.- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) (Petitioner Retired On 31/07/2016 From The Post Of Letter Carrier) 3 Pawan Kumar Jha S/o Medha Kant Jha Aged About 62 Years R/o Ward No. 19 Old Irrigation Colony Janjgir Distt.- Janjgir Chama (C.G.) (Petitioner Retired On 31-01-2025 From The Post Of Helper) 4 Bisahu Lal Rathor S/o Damodar Prasad Rathor Aged About 63 Years R/o Ward No. 17 Sai Dham, Minund Road Distt.- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) (Petitioner Retired On 30.04.2024 From The Post Of Watchman) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 The State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2025.03.28 14:54:19 +0530 2 / 3 2 Engineer In Chief Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 3 Engineer In Chief Minimata Hasdeo Bango Project Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 Superintendent Engineer Hasdeo Project Division, Water Resource Department, Rampur, Korba, Distt.- Korba (C.G.) 5 Superintendent Engineer Kelo Dam Project Board, Kharsiya Distt.- Raigarh (C.G.) 6 Executive Engineer Water Management Survey And Dam Construction Division No. 02 Champa Distt.- Janjgir Champa (C.G.) 7 Executive Engineer Minimata Bango Division No. 06 Shakti Distt.- Shakti (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Ms. Chetan Sharmaa, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mr. Saumitra Kesharwani, P.L. (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 28/03/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claims of the Petitioners 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 Petitioners, they have made their respective claims in the light of the recent decision passed by this Court 3 / 3 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 affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, 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 claims of all similarly placed persons herein in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Jyoti