1 2025:CGHC:28963 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6689 of 2025 1 - Smt. Madhuri Lokhande W/o Shri Anand Lokhande Aged About 57 Years R/o Near Mata Mandir House No. 394, Lashkaribag Bhoslewadi , Dr. Ambedkar Marg Nagpur (Maharashtra) 2 - Sukavaro Nayak D/o Shri Rajwa Nayak Aged About 67 Years R/o House No. 136, Ward No. 06, Rampur District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 - Smt. Sajun Bai Sanwalkar W/o Shri Yasvanth Rao Aged About 68 Years R/o House No. 252 Manpur Current Mohla Manpur Ambagarh Chowki (C.G.) 4 - Smt. Geeta Bai Sinha W/o Shri Gopal Sinha Aged About 49 Years R/o House No. 89 Dumardih Khurd Post Kharijhiti District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 5 - Narsingh S/o Shri Rup Singh Sinha Aged About 62 Years R/o Boirdeeh P.O. Shikari Mahka District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 6 - Khemchand Vishwakarma S/o Shri Shobharam Vishwakarma Aged About 65 Years R/o Dundera Paragaonkhurd Dongargarh District - Rajanandgaon (C.G.) 7 - Pokhram Sahu S/o Shri Khublal Sahu Aged About 64 Years R/o Ward No. 03, Renga Kathera P.O. Paragaonkhurd District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 8 - Durga Ram Nishad S/o Baldiram Nishad Aged About 64 Years R/o Ward No. 01, Rengakathera Dongargarh District - Rajnandgaon (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Of Public Work Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Nawa Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division Rajnandgaon District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 - Engineer In Chief E- In - C Pwd Nirman Bhawan Naya Raipur (C.G.) VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Digitally signed by VEDPRAKASH DEWANGAN Date: 2025.07.01 19:43:15 +0530 2 4 - Sub Divisional Officer P.W.D. (E And M) Sub Division Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajendra Kumar Sahu, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Anuj Kumar Pandey, Advocate For Respondent(s)/State : Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Saini, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 30/06/2025 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 3 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 petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge ved