1 2025:CGHC:29758 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6526 of 2025 1 - Prabhat Chandra Mishra S/o Late Srikant Mishra Aged About 62 Years Retired (Field Assistant) From The Office Of Sub Divisional Officer, E/m Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate, Sub Division No. 2, Water Resource Department, Raipur R/o Near Sonkar, S.T.D. Sonkar Badi, Kushalpur, Tiranga Chowk, Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Anjor Das Kosariya S/o Late Shiv Charan Das Kosariya Aged About 74 Years Retired (Operator Grade 2) From The Office Of Executive Engineer, E/m Heavy Machinery Water Resource Department, Raipur, R/o Ekta Chowk, Dr. Rajendra Nagar, Ward No.42, Civil Lines, Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District Raipur Chhattisgarh, Pin 492002 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District Raipur Chhattisgarh Pin 492002 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Finance Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District Raipur Chhattisgarh Pin 492002 4 - Engineer In Chief Water Resource Department, Sector 19, Shivnath Bhawan, Nava Raipur Atal Nagar District Raipur Chhattisgarh ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.07.03 10:41:56 +0530 2 5 - Sub Divisional Officer, E/m Light Machinery, Nalkoop And Gate, Sub Division No.2, Water Resource Department, Raipur, Ocean Chowk, Civil Lines, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 6 - Executive Engineer, E And M Heavy Earthmoving Machinery Division, Raipur, Sihava Bhavan, Civil Line, Main Road, Near Civil Line Police Station Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ashish Thawait, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Vinay Pandey, Dy. Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 02/07/2025 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. 3 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 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