1 / 3 2025:CGHC:21187 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3388 of 2025 1 Bachchu Lal Dewangan S/o Gorelal Dewangan Aged About 77 Years Retired Time Keeper R/o Village Kanhe Post Ambagarh Chowki District - Mohal Manpur Ambagarh Chowki (C.G.) 2 Yujin Kumar Lal S/o Albin Lal Aged About 74 Years Retired Time Kepper R/o Ward No. 17, Indra Awas Mohla District - Mohla Manpur - Ambagarh Chowki (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur (C.G.) 2 Engineer In Chief Public Works Department Raipur District- Raipur Chhhattisgarh 3 Chief Engineer Public Works Department Durg Circle District- Durg Chhattisgarh 4 Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department Mandal Durg District - Durg (C.G.) JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2025.05.09 11:25:02 +0530 2 / 3 5 Executive Engineer Public Works Department (Bha/ Sa) Division Rajnandgaon District - Rajnandgaon (Chhattisgarh ) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Shri Swapnil Keshari, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Mr. Saumitra Kesharwani, P.L. (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 08/05/2025 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 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, they have made their respective 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 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 Jyoti