1 2025:CGHC:32439 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7215 of 2025 1 - Kunjlal Yadav S/o Late Shri Udlaram Yadav Aged About 62 Years 997/1/2, Bumblai Chouk, Rautpara, Mathpurena Sundar Nagar Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Shri A. Ganesh Rao S/o Late Shri A. Gurunath Rao Aged About 37 Years Ring Road No. 1, Aadrsh Nagar Priydarshni, Pujari Petrol Pump, New Rajendra Nagar Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer-In-Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Superntending Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Near Khalsa School Pandri Circle Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer P.H.E. Division, Near Khalsa School Pandri - Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh. 5 - Director Treasury, Account And Pension Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.07.14 11:41:33 +0530 2 For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Amod Kumar Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Ms. Anuja Sharma, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 11/07/2025 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. 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), 3 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 sagrika