1 / 3 2025:CGHC:19637 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2278 of 2025 1 Kishan Lal Nag S/o Kammu Lal Nag Aged About 65 Years R/o 146 Old Sbi Collectorate Branch Maharani Ward No. Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya, New Raipur, Atal Nagar District Raipur (C.G.) 2 The Engineer In Chief Public Works Department, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 The Chief Engineer (Administration) Public Works Department, District Raipur (C.G.) 4 The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, (Vi/ya) Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. 5 The Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department, (Vi/ya) Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. 6 The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, (Vi/ya) Jagdalpur JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2025.05.01 10:52:44 +0530 2 / 3 Distt. Bastar C.G. 7 Divisional Joint Director, Treasury Account And Pension Bastar Division Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Mr. Vikash A. Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mr. S.S. Choubey, P.L. (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 30/04/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claims 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 passed by this 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 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 claim of the petitioner herein in the light of the 3 / 3 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