1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8311 of 2025 1 - Nand Ram Sahu S/o Late Ram Sai Sahu Aged About 63 Years Retired Helper Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Ratanur Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) R/o Village Godaiya Post Ranigaon Tahsil Ratanpur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Amrit Lal Sahu S/o Late Latel Sahu Aged About 63 Years Retired Dak Runner Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Ratanur Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) R/o Village Godaiya Post Ranigaon Tahsil Ratanpur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 3 - Gangaram Kaushik S/o Late Puri Ram Kaushik Aged About 63 Years Retired Mali Posted At Office Of Executive Engineer Kharang Jal Sanshadhan Division Bilaspur Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) R/o Village Parsada Post Bharni Tahsil Sakri District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Paras Choubey S/o Late Ram Shubham Choubey Aged About 76 Years Retired Store Clerck Posted At Office S.D.O. (E And M) Bhari Sanyantra. Sub Division Ambikapur Water Resources Department District - Surguja (C.G.) R/o Village Kenabandh Takiya Road Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Though Secretary Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) ALOK SHARMA Digitally signed by ALOK SHARMA Date: 2025.07.26 11:24:38 +0530 2 3 - Chief Engineer Department Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Kota Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Kharang Jal Sanshadhan Division Bilaspur Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer (E And M) Bhari Sanyantra Division Sakri (Bilaspur) Water Resources Department Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 7 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division District - Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. F. S. Khare, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Arvind Dubey, Govt. Advocate. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J. Order on Board 25/07/2025 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 Alok