1 2025:CGHC:23183 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3688 of 2025 1 - Manikant Mishra S/o Late Shri Punam Chand Mishra, Aged About 63 Years, Avantika Colony, Pandit Sundar Lal Sharma Ward, Jagdalpur District - Bastar Chhattisgarh 2 - Dhaneshwar Raut S/o Late Shri Ramcharan Raut, Aged About 75 Years, H.No. 23/2, Digree College Colony, Atal Vihar Bajpai Ward Jagdalpur District Bastar Chhattisgarh ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer-In-Chief Public Works Department, Nirman Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Superintending Engineer, P.W.D. (E and M), Bastar Circle Jagdalpur District Bastar Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer P.W.D. (E and M) Division Jagdalpur District Bastar Chhattisgarh 5 - Director Treasury, Account and Pension Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Amod Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 11-06-2025 1. By the present 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 Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AADIL KHAN 2 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 30-09-2022, 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 20-06-2023. 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 subject to verification of their record in the 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/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Aadil