1 2025:CGHC:24452 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4653 of 2025 1 - Smt. Amrata Bai W/o Kulwant Singh Aged About 52 Years Village - Kalcha, Post - Jamdih, Tehsil - Udaypur, District - Surguja (C.G.), (Legal Heirs Of Deceased Employee Late Kulwant Singh) 2 - Smt. Sumala W/o Dev Ratan Aged About 72 Years Village - Kalcha, Post - Jamdih, Tehsil - Udaypur, District - Surguja (C.G.), (Legal Heirs Of Deceased Employee Dev Ratan 3 - Satish S/o Late Bal Say Aged About 42 Years Village - Kalcha, Post - Jamdih, Tehsil - Udaypur, District - Surguja (C.G.), (Legal Heirs Of Deceased Employee Bal Say) 4 - Ranjeet Singh Shyam S/o Late Neg Say Aged About 45 Years Village - Kalcha, Post - Jamdih, Tehsil - Udaypur, District - Surguja (C.G.), (Legal Heirs Of Deceased Employee Neg Say) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through, The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Surguja Circle, Ambikapur, District - Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department, Mandal Ambikapur, District - Surguja (C.G.) ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.06.17 10:52:12 +0530 2 4 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department, (Bhawan And Sadak) Division Surajpur, District - Surajpur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Swapnil Keshri, 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 their 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