1 2025:CGHC:24843 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4864 of 2025 1 - Goutam Sahu S/o Bisru Sahu, Aged About 63 Years, R/o Village- Banarsi, Tahsil- Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Dhansingh Verma S/o Pardeshi Verma, Aged About 65 Years, R/o Village - Dhivra, Post and P.S.- Kharora, District-Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Ramavtar Sahu S/o Bhukhu Sahu, Aged About 66 Years, R/o Village and Post- Banarsi, Tahsil - Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Asharam Sahu S/o Guhan Ram Sahu, Aged About 70 Years, R/o Village- Bana, District - Raipur, (C.G.) 5 - Sukhiram Bramhe S/o Itwari Ram Bramhe, Aged About 66 Years, R/o Village- Kagdehi, Post - Samoda, District- Raipur (C.G.) 6 - Pyarelal Miri S/o Kartik Miri, Aged About 64 Years, R/o Village- Kagdehi, Post- Samoda, Tahsil- Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) 7 - Suklal Dahariya S/o Mangal Das Dahariya, Aged About 70 Years, R/o Village- Kagdehi, Post- Samoda, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Superintending Engineer, Public Works Division No. 1, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Division No. 2, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Sub-Divisional Officer, Public Works Department, Sub-Division No. 4, Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) 5 - The Divisional Joint Director, Treasury, Accounts and Pension, Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Gaurav Singhal, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Akhilesh Kumar, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AADIL KHAN 2 17-06-2025 1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that petitioners stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, petitioners are entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. Identical issue came up for hearing before this Court in W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021, wherein petitioners therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of the decision in case of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of C.G., in W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022 and respondents be directed to decide the representations to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as the petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and are only seeking a direction to decide the representation(s) to be submitted by petitioners, at this stage, he is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available in record. 4. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioners, this petition is disposed off permitting petitioners to submit representation(s) before respondents authorities and if such representations are submitted by the petitioner, respondents authorities shall consider and decide the same in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of copy of the representation(s). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed off with aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Aadil