1 2025:CGHC:15197 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2143 of 2025 1 - Smt. Anusuiya Bai Deshmukh W/o Kulanjan Deshmukh Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Khapparwada, Post Daganiya, Tahsil Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh 2 - Shri Goverdhan Lal Chandrakar S/o Shri Chaitu Ram Chandrakar Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Khapparwada, Post Daganiya, Tahsil Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh 3 - Smt Shanti Sahu W/o Late Shri Sitaram Sahu Aged About 56 Years R/o Village Kharra, Post Kusmi, Tahsil Berla, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh 4 - Smt Tosh Bai W/o Late Shri Chain Singh Chandrakar Aged About 55 Years R/o Village Khapparwada, Post Daganiya, Tahsil Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh 5 - Shri Dukhit Ram Kashyap S/o Bhaiya Lal Kashyap Aged About 66 Years R/o Village Banbarad, Post Nandini, District Durg Chhattisgarh 6 - Smt Tijiya Bai Kashyap W/o Dukhiya Ram Kashyap Aged About 62 Years R/o Village Banbarad, Post Nandini District Durg Chhattisgarh 7 - Shri Johan Lal S/o Jugru Patel Aged About 68 Years R/o Village And Post Kanakot, Tahsil Patan, District Durg Chhattisgarh 8 - Shri Ramlal Thakur S/o Halalkhor Thakur Aged About 64 Years R/o Village Gudhiyari, Post Kanakot, Tahsil Patan, District Durg Chhattisgarh AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2025.04.01 17:54:29 +0530 2 9 - Shri Gabhru Ram Sahu S/o Suklal Aged About 65 Years Village And Post Kanakot, Tahsil Patan, District Durg Chhattisgarh 10 - Shri Bisnath Yadav S/o Shri Buchwa Aged About 65 Years R/o Village And Post Kanakot, Tahsil Patan, District Durg Chhattisgarh 11 - Smt Nirmala Bai W/o Late Shri Prabhuram Yadav Aged About 60 Years Village Gudhiyari, Post Kanakot, Tahsil Patan, District Durg, Chhattisgarh 12 - Shri Devsingh Chandrakar S/o Shri Neelkanth Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Khapparwada, Post Daganiya, Tahsil Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh 13 - Shri Manohar Lal Chandrakar S/o Shri Bhukhauram Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Khapparwada, Post Daganiya, Tahsil Gunderdehi, District Balod Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - The Executive Engineer Water Resource Department, Raipur Division, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Joint Director Treasury, Accounts And Pension Durg Division, District Durg, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sudhanshu Kumar Singh, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Ms. Nupur Trivedi, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 01/04/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondents for 3 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 respective claim in the light of the recent decision of 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 all similarly placed person in the light of the aforesaid decision of this 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