2025:CGHC:22939 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3639 of 2025 Ramkripal Yadav S/o Late Saglu Yadav Aged About 68 Years R/o Village- Jamdi, Post- Udari, Tehsil And Thana- Lundra Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resources Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Engineer-In-Chief Water Resources Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Executive Engineer W.R.D. Division- Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri Sanjay K Yadav, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Ajit Singh, GA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 10.06.2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that petitioner is retired employee of the Water Resource Department, and was working as Work Charged Contingency paid employee. 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 petitioner is also entitled for leave encashment. 2. Learned State counsel would submit that sufficient documents have not been filed by the petitioner, and it is also not reflected as to whether the petitioner has completed the minimum service to avail the benefit of leave encashment. Wps 3639 of 2025 2 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 petitioner 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 petitioner is found to be similarly situated person as in the case of Faguvaram Patel (supra), his 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 11:18:16 +0530