1 2025:CGHC:16862 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2450 of 2025 1 - Kunjani Bai W/o Late Banshilal Sahu Aged About 66 Years R/o Ward No. 10 Kadar Sewar Bilha District - Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Public Health Engineering Department Neer Bhawan Main Road Civil Lines Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Health Engineering Department Indravati Bhavan Atal Nagar Nava Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering Division Neer Bhawan Main Road Civil Lines Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer (Electrical Mechanical ) Office Near Nag Nagin Pond In Front Of Pragtham Hospital Bahtrai Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 5 - Collector Bilaspur Collectorate Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 6 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Account And Pension Bilaspur Division Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 2478 of 2025 1 - Ramesh Kumar Pandey S/o Laxmi Prasad Pandey Aged About 70 Years R/o Gram Hanfa, Sakri, Janpat Takhatpur Dist. Bilaspur, C.G. AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2025.04.11 16:59:26 +0530 2 ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Neer Bhawan, Main Road Civil Lines, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Public Health Engineering Department, Indravati Bhavan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Superintending Engineer, Public Health Engineering Division, Office Near Nag-Nagin Pond, In Front Of Pratham Hospital, Bahtrai Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department Block Bilaspur, Old Composite Building, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Collector, Bilaspur, Collectorate, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Divisional Joint Director, Treasury Accounts And Pensions- Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Apurva Verma, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Yash Verma, Advocate For Respondents/State : Mr. Sanjeev Pandey, Dy.A.G. Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 11/04/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondents for considering the claim 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 claim in the 3 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 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 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 Amardeep