1 2025:CGHC:24779 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3731 of 2025 1 - Lallu Singh S/o Late Jamuna Singh Aged About 69 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer Jal Sansadhan Division Kabirdham (Kawardha) Water Resources Department, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh R/o Village Hardua, Ward No. 9, Post Hardua, District Reewa (M.P.) 2 - Pranpati Patel S/o Late Ishwarindteh Patel Aged About 69 Years Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer Jal Sansadhan Division Kabirdham (Kawardha) Water Resources Department, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh R/o Ayodhyadham Colony Ramnagar, Ward No. 01, Kawardha, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh 3 - Smt. Bhagwati Bai W/o Late Santosh Singh Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Mohlai, Police Station Mohlai, Tahsil And District Durg Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Unskilled Labour Posted At Office Of S.D.O. (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Sub-Division Rajnandgaon Water Resources Department, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh 4 - Smt. Annapurna Bai W/o Late Shiv Kumar Thakur Aged About 59 Years R/o Village Mohlai, Police Station Mohlai, Tahsil And District Durg Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Camp Attendant Posted At Office Of S.D.O. (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Sub-Division Durg Water Resources Department, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.06.17 17:59:19 +0530 2 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Mahanadi Godavari Kachhar Department Of Water Resources Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Division Durg Water Resources Department, District Durg Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Jal Sansadhan Division Kabirdham (Kawardha) Water Resources Department, District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh 6 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Raipur Division, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 7 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Durg Division, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. F. S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Anmol Sharma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 17/06/2025 1. By the present writ 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 the Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leavs 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 petitioners 3 therein have 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 process the claims of the respective petitioners and after examining his case individually as per their own merits, shall decide their cases 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 Alok