1 2025:CGHC:38662 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9065 of 2025 1 - Baldev Prasad Sahu S/o Ratan Lal Sahu, Aged About 63 Years Retired 'akushal Sahayak' Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division No. - 2 Kota Water Resources Department District Bilaspur (C.G.) R/o- Village Tekar Ward No. 01 Post - Jali Tahsil Beltara District Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Pramod Gurudwan S/o Late Gourishankar Gurudwan, Aged About 65 Years Retired 'sthal Sahayak' Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Jal Sanshadhan Sub Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba (C.G.) R/o- Village Barpali Tahsil Kartala District Korba (C.G.) 3 - Mahetarin Bai Kaushik W/o Late Rajkumar Kaushik, Aged About 50 Years R/o- Village Devkoni Post- Rasouta Tahsil Balouda District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) Husband Of Petitioner Was Retired 'helper' Posted At Office Of S.D.O. Hasdev Dayi Tat Mukhya Nahar Jal Prabandh Sub Division No.- 05 Jarve Water Resources Department District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through 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.) 3 - Chief Engineer Department Of Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.08.06 10:51:44 +0530 2 4 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Kota Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Korba Water Resources Department District Korba (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer Hasdev Barrage Jal Prabandh Division Rampur/ Korba Water Resources Department District - Korba (C.G.) 7 - Jont Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Nilu Sinha, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Kanwaljeet Singh Saini, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 05/08/2025 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 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