2025:CGHC:34442 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8238 of 2025 1 - Madan Lal Sahu S/o Shri Bahur Singh Sahu, Aged About 67 Years Occupation - Retd. Labour, Public Work Department, Rajnandgaon, R/o House No. 252, Ward No. 9, Khursipar, Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 2 - Ghanaram S/o Shri Phulsingh, Aged About 66 Years Occupation - Retd. Labour, Public Work Department, Rajnandgaon, R/o House No. 06, Ward No. 6, Karmari, Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 - Okhram Sahu S/o Shri Pancham Sahu, Aged About 66 Years Occupation - Retd. Labour, Public Work Department, Rajnandgaon, R/o House No. 186, Gali No. 11, Khursipar, Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 4 - Ramkumar Sahu S/o Shri Bodhanram Sahu, Aged About 65 Years Occupation - Retd. Labour, Public Work Department, Rajnandgaon, R/o House No. 112, Ward No. 9, Khursipar, Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 5 - Shesh Kumar Gada S/o Shri Kanal Singh, Aged About 64 Years Retd. Labour, Public Work Department, Rajnandgaon, R/o House No. 151, Ward No. 10, Kahagaon, Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 6 - Smt. Shakun Thakur W/o Late Shri Pratap Singh Thakur, Aged About 62 Years R/o House No. 151, Ward No. 8, Manpur, Distt.- Mohla-Manpur - Ambagarh -Chowki (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Public Work Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Capital Complex, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Distt. - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Executive Engineer, Public Work Department Division Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 - Engineer In Chief Pwd Nirman Bhawan Naya Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Sub Divisional Officer P.W.D. (E And M) Sub Division Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 5 - Joint Director, Treasury Accounts And Pension, Division Rajnandgaon, Distt.- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri Anuj Kumar Pandey Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri KS Saini, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board Wps 8238 of 2025 2 21.07.2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the Public Works Department, and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS-3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel, and others Vs 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 respondent/ 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, petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma