1 2025:CGHC:26299 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5365 of 2025 1 - Smt. Khushbun Nisha W/o Late. Ali Hasan Ansari Aged About 60 Years R/o Near The Nurani Masjid, Mominpur Ambikapur, Tahsil - Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer Hasdev Ganga Kachhar, Water Resource Department, Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division No. 01 Ambikapur, District- Sarguja (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 5373 of 2025 1 - Smt. Pustkala Laxman Samrit W/o Late Laxman Samrit Aged About 58 Years R/o Village Ward Number Gangrel, Post- Gangrel District- Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Sahan Lal Gond S/o Charan Dhruw Aged About 63 Years R/o Village- Bendranava, Post- Rudri, District- Dhamtari Chhattisgarh. 3 - Bahur Singh Sahu S/o Nand Lal Sahu Aged About 75 Years R/o Village- Bharar, Tahsil - Patan, District- Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Smt. Surja Bai W/o Late Jairam Nag Aged About 61 Years R/o Brahamanpara Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Digitally signed by VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Date: 2025.06.21 11:43:31 +0530 2 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through, The Secretary, Water Resources Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engieer In Chief Water Resources Department Raipur District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Chief Engineer Mahanadi Jalasay Pariyojana, Water Resources Department Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Prabandh Division Rudri District- Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Executive Engineer E/m Heavy Machinery Division Mahanadi Jalasay Pariyojna Rudri, District- Dhamtari, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Swapnil Keshari, Advocate For Respondent(s)/State : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 20/06/2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the respondents’ Departments and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS No. 3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel and others v. 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 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, the present petitions are disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to make a detailed representation before the concerned respondents/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, the present petitions stand disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge ved