1 2025:CGHC:38686 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8626 of 2025 1 - Smt. Pratibha Agrawal W/o Late Ganesh Lal Aged About 70 Years R/o Brahmanpara, Durg, Post And Tehsil Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh 2 - Bhanudas Manikpuri S/o Sahudas Manikpuri Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Khada, Post Albaras, Tehsil Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh 3 - Smt. Baisakhin (Legal Heir) W/o Late Bharat Lal Sahu Aged About 52 Years R/o H. No. 29, Ganiyari, Post Rasmado, Tehsil Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh 4 - Rajesh Pradhan (Legal Heir) S/o Late Chhotelal Pradhan Aged About 50 Years R/o Atal Awas Road, Near Transformer, Om Nagar, Urla, Durg, Post And Tehsil Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Division No. 01, Durg, Dist. Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Shri Anand Kumar Kujur, Advocate. For State : Shri Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J Order on Board 05.08 .202 5 1. Learned counsel for petitioner(s) submits that the petitioner(s) stood retired as Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employee. The petitioner (s) were entitled for leave encashment but till date the respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment. He stated that an identical issue has already been 2 decided by this Court in Writ Petition (S) No.3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) on 30.09.2022. In the light of Faguvaram (supra) the petitioner(s) have raised identical issue which may be allowed. He submits that at this stage the petitioner(s) may be permitted to submit detailed representation before the respondents/competent authority, who, in turn, be directed to consider and decide the same expeditiously within specific period as fixed by this Court. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as the petitioner(s) is/are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioner(s) at this stage the State is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner(s), without commenting anything on the merits this petition is disposed of in the light of judgment passed in Faguvaram Patel (Supra) reserving liberty to the petitioner(s) to make detailed representation before the concerned respondent/competent authority. In the event, the petitioner(s) submits representation, the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with the relevant rules and law and after verification of the service records of the petitioner(s) expeditiously preferably within the period of 'three months' from the date of receipt of the such representation keeping in mind the decision passed in Faguvaram Patel (Supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with the aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge inder