1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5282 of 2025 1 - Chandrika Prasad Sahu S/o Kunjram Sahu Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Sakri, Post Amera, Tahsil Balodabazar, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 2 - Narottam Sahu S/o Amar Singh Sahu Aged About 64 Years R/o Village And Post Tundri, Tahsil Bilaigarh, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Now District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Chhattisgarh 3 - Shiv Kumar Verma S/o Ramdayal Verma Aged About 76 Years R/o Ward No. 13, Palari, Tahsil Palari, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 4 - Virendra Kumar S/o Damodar Singh Aged About 64 Years R/o Village Jora, Post Bhatgaon, Tahsil Bhatgaon, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Now District Sarangarh- Bilaigarh Chhattisgarh 5 - Kriparam Sahu S/o Samaru Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Bandari, Post Bhatgaon, Tahsil Bhatgaon, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Now District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh Chhattisgarh 6 - Fulbai Satnami W/o Late Mansingh Satnami Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Kodwa, Post Sarsiwa, Tahsil Bilaigarh, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Now District Sarangarh- Bilaigarh Chhattisgarh 7 - Heerkunwar Dadsena W/o Late Indralal Dadsena Aged About 57 Years R/o Village Sel, Post Katgi, Tahsil Kasdol, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 8 - Gouri Bai Yadav W/o Late Kanshiram Yadav Aged About 51 Years R/o Bazar Chowk Ward No. 01, Gram Panchayat Bargaon, Tahsil Berla, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Work Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Director Directorate Of Public Work Department, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - The Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pesnion, Balodabazar, District Balodabazar- Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 4 - The Executive Engineer Public Work Department Division Balodabazar, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 2 5 - Sub Divisional Officer Public Work Department Division Balodabazar, District Balodabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Shri K.P. Sahu, Advocate. For State : Shri Khulesh Sahu, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Order on Board 20.06 .202 5 1. Learned counsel for petitioner(s) submits that the petitioner(s) stood retired as Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employee. The petitioner (s) were entitled for leave encashment but till date the respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment. He stated that an identical issue has already been decided by this Court in Writ Petition (S) No.3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) on 30.09.2022. In the light of Faguvaram (supra) the petitioner(s) have raised identical issue which may be allowed. He submits that at this stage the petitioner(s) may be permitted to submit detailed representation before the respondents/competent authority, who, in turn, be directed to consider and decide the same expeditiously within specific period as fixed by this Court. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as the petitioner(s) is/are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioner(s) at this stage the State is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner(s), without commenting anything on the merits this petition is disposed of in the light of judgment passed in Faguvaram Patel (Supra) reserving liberty to the petitioner(s) to make detailed representation before the 3 concerned respondent/competent authority. In the event, the petitioner(s) submits representation, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with the relevant rules and law and after verification of the service records of the petitioner(s) expeditiously preferably within the period of 'three months' from the date of receipt of the such representation keeping in mind the decision passed in Faguvaram Patel (Supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge inder