2025:CGHC:27107 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5706 of 2025 1 - Vijay Kumar Tiwari S/o Ganesh Prasad Tiwari Aged About 62 Years R/o Ward No. 8 Swami Vivekanand, Simga, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 2 - Smt. Kumari Bai Verma W/o Ramkhilawan Verma Aged About 67 Years R/o I-9 Irrigation Colony, Shanti Nagar, Ward No. 33, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Smt. Dulari Bai Dhiwar W/o Bhukha Dhiwar Aged About 64 Years R/o Bhaisa, P.S.- Kharora, Tahsil - Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Engineer-In-Chief Water Resources Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Chief Engineer Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Godawri Kachhar, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Chief Engineer Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Project, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 5 - The Chief Executive Engineer Water Management Division No. 1, Raipur, (C.G.) 6 - The Chief Executive Engineer Water Resource Construction Division, Kasdol, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 7 - The Chief Executive Engineer Water Management Division No. 2 Balodabazar- Bhatapara, District- Balodabazar-Bhatapara (C.G.) 8 - The Divisional Joint Director Treasury, Accounts And Pension, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri KP Sahu, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri Akhilesh Kumar, GA ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.06.24 17:20:07 +0530 Wps 5706 of 2025 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 23.06.2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the Water Resource Department, and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS-3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel, and others Vs 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 representation before the concerned respondent/ 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, petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma