1 2025:CGHC:29361 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6672 of 2025 1 - Smt. Somari Yadav W/o Late Ajay Ram Aged About 56 Years R/o Villager Nan Damali, Police Station And Tehsil Darima, District Surguja (C.G.) 2 - Ajay Shukla S/o Late R.N. Shukla Aged About 37 Years Legal Heirs/son Of Deceased Employee Late Smt. Jamvanti Shukla, R/o D.C. Road Chowk, Mahavir Ward, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Santosh Kumar Pandey S/o Krishnakant Pandey Aged About 63 Years R/o Village Bariyon, Police Station Rajpur, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - Rajdev Yadav S/o Jagdhari Yadav Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Mukti Para, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer Water Resource Department Surguja Circle Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Ambikapur District Surguja (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Department Division Balrampur, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Respondents 2 2025:CGHC:29364 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 6678 of 2025 1 - Gunu Ram S/o Genda Ram Aged About 61 Years R/o Village Divri, Tehsil Shantipara, District Surguja (C.G.) 2 - Kewal Barwa S/o Puchu Barwa Aged About 77 Years R/o Village Raghunathpur, Tehsil Lundra, District Surguja (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Work Department, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer Public Work Department National Highway Circle Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Superintendent Engineer Public Work Department (National Highway) Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department, National Highway Division Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Vinay Pandey, Deputy Advocate General. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 01-07-2025 1. By these petitions, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claims of the Petitioners for grant of leave encashment in terms of the provisions of the Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AADIL KHAN 3 Chhattisgarh Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. 2. According to the Petitioners, they have made their respective claims in the light of the recent decision passed by this Court rendered in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 30-09-2022, wherein similar claim of the Petitioner therein has been allowed. The said decision also stands affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20-06-2023. 3. Given the said facts, both these Writ Petitions are disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons herein subject to verification of their records in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petitions stand disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge Aadil