1 / 3 2025:CGHC:20118 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3058 of 2025 1 - Budhram Rajak S/o Itwari Rajak Aged About 75 Years R/o Village- Munda Post-Lahod, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 2 - Smt. Jamuna Maratha W/o Rambanwas Maratha Aged About 66 Years R/o Village And Post-Pangaon, Tahsil - Balodabazar, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 3 - Melaram Rajak S/o Itwari Rajak Aged About 73 Years R/o Village- Munda Post- Lahod, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Engineer-In-Chief Water Resources Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Chief Engineer Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Project, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 / 3 4 - The Executive Engineer Water Resource Department, Balodabazar Division, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 5 - The Divisional Joint Director Treasury, Accounts And Pension, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. K. P. Sahu and Ms. Rajni Sahu, Advocates For Respondents/ State : Mr. Sanjeev Pandey, Dy. Advocate General (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 02/05/2025 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 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 3 / 3 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 $. Bhilwar/Shoaib