1 2025:CGHC:28406 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5836 of 2025 1 - Jawahar Lal Sahu S/o Shri Kholbahara Sahu Aged About 68 Years Retired Chowkidar , At Sub Division Officer Water Resource Sub Division Sakti District - Sakti (C.G.) R/o Village Kosla Tahsil Pamgarh District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resource Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Naya Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resource Department Sihawa Bhawan, New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Kachhar Water Resource Department Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Janjgir, Head Office Champa District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 5 - Joint Director Treasury, Account And Pension Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6447 of 2025 1 - Smt. Kanhai Bai Yadav Wd/o Late Sunau Ram Yadav Aged About 69 Years (Legal Heirs Of Late Sunau Ram Yadav) Retired Chowkidar, Executive Engineer ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.06.27 19:48:27 +0530 2 Water Resource Division Janjgir Head Officer Champa District - Janjgir Champa (C.G.) R/o Sindhi Colony Champa Tahsil Champa District - Janjgri -Champa (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resource Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department Sihawa Bhawan, New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Kachhar Water Resource Department, Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Janjgir Head Office Champa District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 5 - Joint Director Treasury, Account And Pension Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 6552 of 2025 1 - Sakund Ram S/o Shri Mastu Ram Aged About 66 Years Retired Gang Shramik Akushal At Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Jashpur, Division District Jashpur (C.G.), R/o Village Jamchuwan, Tahsil Kunkuri, District Jashpur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - The Secretary, Department Of Public Works, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Public Works, Nirman Bhawan, North Block, Naya Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Ambikapur Zone, District Surguja (C.G.) 3 4 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Jashpur, Division District Jashpur (C.G.) 5 - Joint Director Treasury, Account And Pension, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Jeet Ram Patel, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Smita Jha, Panel Lawyer. 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, the present petitions are disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to 4 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 Alok