2025:CGHC:22938 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3635 of 2025 1 - Bhagwati Ogre Wd/o Late Shatrughan Lal Ogre Aged About 62 Years Retired Employee (Operator 1) From The Office Of Executive Engineer, E/m, Heavy Machinery Division, Water Resource Department, Raipur, R/o Ward No. 6, Banrasi, Mana Camp, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Raman Tiwari S/o Late Ramadhar Tiwari Aged About 67 Years Retired (Fitter Grade 1) From The Office Of Executive Engineer, E/m, Heavy Machinery Division, Water Resource Department, Raipur, R/o Sai Mandir Gali, Near Parmar Bada, Brahmanpara, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Pin 492002 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Pin 492002 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Finance Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh, Pin 492002 4 - Engineer-In-Chief Water Resource Department, Sector- 19, Shivnath Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer E And M Heavy Earthmoving Machinery Division, Raipur, Sihava Bhavan, Civil Line, Main Road, Near Civil Line Police Station, Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri Vaibhav P Shukla, Advocate For Respondents/State : Ms Anuja Sharma, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 10.06.2025 Wps 3635 of 2025 2 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the Water Resource Department, and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS-3870 of 2021 (Faguram Patel, and others Vs State of Chhattisgarh and others), and other connected matters, decided on 30.09.2022, present petitioners are also entitled for leave encashment. 2. Learned State counsel would submit that sufficient documents have not been filed by the petitioners, and it is also not reflected as to whether the petitioners have completed the minimum service to avail the benefit of leave encashment. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents on record. 4. Be that as it may, without commenting anything on merits of the case, this petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to make a detailed representation before the concerned respondent/ competent authority within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order with all necessary documents to substantiate their claim. In that event, on due verification, if the petitioners are found to be similarly situated persons as in the case of Faguvaram Patel (supra), their claim shall be decided by the respondents in light of judgment passed in that case expeditiously, preferably within a period of 90 days from the date of submission of the said representation. 5. Accordingly, petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.06.12 11:18:04 +0530