1 2025:CGHC:23728 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3823 of 2025 1 - Girish Prasad Dwivedi S/o Ramayan Prasad Dwivedi Aged About 64 Years R/o Naman Kala Rajmohani Devi Ward, Near Power House, Tehsil Ambikapur District - Sarguja (C.G.) - 497001 2 - Sundar Sai S/o Ram Prit Ram Aged About 62 Years R/o Patelpara, Kerta P.O. Dharampur District - Surajpur (C.G.) - 497223 3 - Lala Ram Prajapati S/o Ramadhin Aged About 63 Years R/o Lepra, Gursiya, District - Korba (C.G.)- 495445 4 - Rajni Kanwar W/o Late Pratap Singh Kanwar Aged About 34 Years R/o Jamnipali Ward 47, Jamnipali District - Korba, (C.G.) - 495450 5 - Gautam Sarthi S/o Arjun Sarthi Aged About 41 Years R/o Ward No. 12 Machadoli Lalpur District - Korba (C.G.) - 495453 ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary General Administration Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur Tehsil And District - Raipur (C.G.) - 492002 2 - State Of Chhhattisgarh Through Secretary Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan Mantalaya, Naya Raipur, Tehsil And District - Raipur (C.G.) - 492002 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Finance Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Naya Raipur Tehsil And District - Raipur (C.G.) - 492002 4 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department Sihawa, Bhawan, New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Digitally signed by VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Date: 2025.06.13 19:03:47 +0530 2 6 - Executive Engineer E And M Minimata Bango Division Machadoli, Headquarter Katghora, District - Korba (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Pushp Kumar Gupta, Advocate For Respondents/State : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 12/06/2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the respondents’ Departments and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS No. 3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel and others v. 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 3 representation before the concerned respondents/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, the present petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge ved