1 2025:CGHC:31560 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7289 of 2025 1 - Ujit Lal S/o Mahewa Ram Aged About 64 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Gonda, Tehsil Pratappur, District Surguja (C.G.) 2 - Babulal Tirkey S/o Late Noharsay Tirkey Aged About 46 Years R/o House No. 01, Near Gram Panchayat Bhawan, Hardisand, Tehsil Sitapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Nanka Ram S/o Prem Sai Aged About 63 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Bhuyari Tikra Para, Nagar Panchyat Premnagar, Tehsil Premnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) 4 - Ram Prasad S/o Kishun Netam Aged About 68 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Sarka, Tehsil Umeshwarpur, District Surajpur (C.G.) 5 - Vishnu Ram S/o Sukhm Ram Aged About 66 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Kataroli, Tehsil Premnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) 6 - Sukhnandan S/o Pitambar Aged About 69 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Sarka, Tehsil Premnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) 7 - Karam Sai S/o Dilbandhu Kamro Aged About 70 Years Reitred Labour, R/o Village Abhaypur, Tehsil Premnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) 8 - Smt. Nanki W/o Late Ujan Singh Aged About 57 Years R/o Village Kanchanpur, Tehsil Premnagar, District Surajpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Work Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Work Department Sirpur Bhawan Raipur District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.07.10 10:22:18 +0530 2 3 - Chief Engineer Public Work Department Circle Surguja, Ambikapur District Surguja (C.G.) 4 - Superintendent Engineer Public Work Department Circle Ambikapur District Surguja (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department Bha/road Division Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department Bha/road Division Surajpur, District Surguja (C.G.) 7 - Joint Director Kosh Lekha And Pension Department Surguja Division District Surguja (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Mayur Khandelwal, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 09/07/2025 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 3 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 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