1 2025:CGHC:28415 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5932 of 2025 1 - Mahangu Ram Yadav S/o Shri B.R. Yadav Aged About 63 Years R/o Gopiya Para, Purani Basti, Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Sunita Yadav W/o Lt. Shri Ramesh Yadav Aged About 60 Years R/o Behind State Bank Colony, Shanti Nagar, Durga Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through, Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Secretary Finance Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury, Accounts And Pension, Raipur Division, Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, North Block, Sector-19, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District - Raipur (C.G.) 5 - Chief Engineer E. And M. Circle, Mahanadi Pariyojana Raipur (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer Water Resources Department, Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Abdul Moin Khan, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Ajit Singh, Govt. Advocate. ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.06.27 19:48:28 +0530 2 Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 27/06/2025 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. 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 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 3 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 petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Alok