1 2025:CGHC:24449 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4616 of 2025 1 - Smt. Amraso W/o Late Jeet Singh Aged About 46 Years R/o Village Palka, Tehsil Udaypur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh, Legal Heir/ W/o Deceased Employee Jeet Singh Who Retired From Office Of Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Bh/ Road) Division Surajpur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Feku Ram S/o Thakur Aged About 65 Years Retired Labour From The Office Of Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Bh/ Road) Division Surajpur, R/o Village Kalcha, Tehsil Udaypur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Shobhai Ram S/o Bagar Sai Aged About 67 Years Retired Labour From Office Of Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Bh/ Road) Division Surajpur, R/o Village Parsiya Baijnathpur, Tehsil Udaypur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Smt. Kailash Devi W/o Late Roop Narayan Dewangan, Aged About 53 Years R/o Village Kelka Road Manpur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh, Legal Heir/ W/o Deceased Employee Roop Narayan Dewangan Who Retired From Office Of Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Bh/ Road) Division Surajpur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Smt. Shyam Bai Dewangan W/o Late Sohan Ram Aged About 80 Years R/o Village Kelka Road, Manpur District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh, Legal Heir/ W/o Deceased Employee Sohan Ram Who Retired From Office Of Executive Engineer P.W.D. (Bh/ Road) Division Surajpur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.06.17 10:52:10 +0530 2 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Work Department, Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Chief Engineer Public Work Department, Surguja, Circle, Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Superintendent Engineer Public Work Department, Mandal Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department, (Bhawan And Sadak) Division, Surajpur, District Surajpur, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Swapnil Keshari, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Saini, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 16/06/2025 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 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 3 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