1 2025:CGHC:31559 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7277 of 2025 1 - Rambihari S/o Indra Say (Indar) Aged About 64 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Madanpur Post Mahewa District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 2 - Phul Sai Manbod Aged About 66 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Dhondha Bartikala District Surajpur (C.G.) 3 - Ayodhya Yadav S/o Parasram Yadav Aged About 66 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Pokhra Post Wadrafnagar District Balrampur - Ramanjuganj (C.G.) 4 - Baldev Gond S/o Sitaram Aged About 67 Years R/o Ward No.4 Basantpur Post Basantpur District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Ramcharan S/o Jabarsay Aged About 64 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Rajkheta Tehsil Pratapur District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Bhuneshwar S/o Bechan Manipuri Aged About 64 Years Retired Labour R/o Village Parsadih Tehsil Wadrafnagar District Balrampur -Ramanujganj (C.G.) 7 - Smt. Shanti Devi W/o Late Baijnath Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Pendari Tehsil Wadrafnagar District Balrampur - Ramanujganj (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 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.) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.07.10 10:22:18 +0530 2 5 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department Bha/road Division Ramanujganj District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - 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 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 sagrika