1 2025:CGHC:20851 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3177 of 2025 1 - Manharan Lal Sahu S/o Late Manglu Ram Sahu Aged About 63 Years R/o Village - Kachna, Post- Saddu, Tahsil And District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Laybuni Bai Bhatriya W/o Singo Bhatriya Aged About 64 Years R/o Irrigation Colony, Ward No. 33, Shanti Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Vishwanath Sinha S/o Bhagwat Ram Sinha, Aged About 62 1/2 Years, R/o Azad Chowk, Abhanpur, Ward No. 3, Abhanpur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Jageshwar Sinha S/o Late Shri Punitram Sinha Aged About 63 Years R/o Village And Post- Abhanpur, District - Raipur (C.G.) 5 - Smt. Bedu Verma W/o Late Shri Netram Verma Aged About 67 Years R/o Bramhadev Mandir, Badhaipara, District Raipur C.G. SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2025.05.08 16:56:07 +0530 2 6 - Prahlad Meshram S/o Late T.G. Meshram Aged About 72 Years R/o Irrigation Colony, Raipur, District- Raipur C.G. 7 - Devaram Sahu S/o Late Shri Puraman Lal Sahu Aged About 70 Years R/o Village And Post- Semra, District Dhamtari 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 Executive Engineer, Water Resources Department, Water Management Division No. 1, Raipur, District- Raipur C.G. 3 - The Divisional Joint Director, Treasury, Accounts And Pension, Raipur, District Raipur C.G. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Shri Rustam Sahu, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Shri T.S. Sahu, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 07.05.2025 1. The limited relief that the Petitioners are seeking for in the present Writ Petition is for 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 Shoaib