1 2025:CGHC:37542 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8832 of 2025 1 - Purushottam Sahu (Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Daya Bai Sahu W/o Late Purshottam Sahu Aged About 72 Years R/o Ward No. 13 Khauna, District, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Keshavram Koshle (Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Kanti Bai Koshle W/o Late Keshav Ram Koshle Aged About 58 Years R/o Ward No. 13, Pauni, Khauna Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - Ganeshiya Bai Nirmalkar W/o Late Phiranta Nirmalkar Aged About 70 Years R/o Ward No. 02, Vill. Giraurd, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 4 - Mohan Yadav S/o Harishchand Yadav Aged About 64 Years R/o Krishna Nagar, Kota, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Ghanshyam Sahu S/o Bodhiram Sahu Aged About 67 Years R/o Ward No. 9, Semariya, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Tek Ram Verma S/o Lekhan Lal Aged About 69 Years R/o H. No. 164 Ward No. 13, Dondekala, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Ishwari Prasad Baghel S/o Bharosram Baghel Aged About 64 Years R/o Ward No. 27,, Mowa-Saddu, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 8 - Bhaiya Ram Chaturvedi S/o Fairharam Chaturvedi Aged About 67 Years R/o Dumartalab Para, Tatibandh, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.08.01 11:34:25 +0530 2 9 - Malti Yadav, W/o Tikeram Yadav Aged About 67 Years R/o Ward No. 2, Kabir Nagar Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Khorbahara Ram Satnami S/o Jodhray Satnami Aged About 66 Years R/o Ward No. 11, Semariya, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 11 - Tikeram Yadav, S/o Late Shyam Sundar Yadav Aged About 73 Years R/o Ward No. 2, Kabir Nagar, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 12 - Suderam Bande S/o Charanu Bande Aged About 61 Years R/o Khauli, Arang, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 13 - Kejuram Kewat S/o Latel Ram Aged About 70 Years R/o Paragaon, Arang, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 14 - Pyarelal Sahu (Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Parvati Sahu W/o Late Pyarelal Sahu Aged About 72 Years R/o H. No. 84, Mokhetara, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 15 - Harkha Ram Sahu (Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Sita Sahu W/o Late Harkha Ram Sahu Aged About 60 Years R/o H. No. 20, Mokhetara, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 16 - Jhumuklal Mirjha S/o Kashiram Mirjha Aged About 65 Years R/o H. No. 46, Mokha, Teh. Bhanupratappur, Distt. Kanker, Chhattisgarh 17 - Lakhan Mehar S/o Sonchand Mehar Aged About 69 Years R/o Ambedkar Chowk, Khauli, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 18 - Santosh Kumar Sinha S/o Late Niranjan Sinha Aged About 67 Years R/o Ward No. 5, Saragaon, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 19 - Dwarika Prasad Bharadwaj S/o Hira Ram Bharadwaj Aged About 62 Years R/o Ward No. 8, Manth, Kharora, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 20 - Purshottam Verma S/o Ude Ram Verma Aged About 63 Years R/o Ward No. 14, Manth, Kharora, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 21 - Manisha Nishad D/o Late Netram Nishad Aged About 22 Years R/o Ward No. 4, Badepara, Kanhera, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 22 - Pavan Kumar Patel S/o Manrakhanlal Patel Aged About 64 Years R/o Purani Basti, Gopiya Para, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 23 - Sohadra Bai Dewangan W/o Shiv Prasad Dewangan Aged About 65 Years R/o Rajendranagar, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 24 - Jethu Ram Yadav (Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Kumari Bai Yadav W/o Late Jethu Ram Yadav Aged About 57 Years R/o Tendua, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 25 - Kalicharan Yadav(Dead) Through Its Legal Heir Lalita Yadav W/o Late Kalicharan Yadav Aged About 50 Years R/o Ward No. 42, Katora Talab, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Secretary, General Administration Department, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Secretary, Public Works Department, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 4 - The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 5 - The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Raipur Division Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 6 - The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Raipur Divison-1, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 4 7 - The Executive Engineer, Public, Works Department, Raipur Division-2, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 8 - The Executive Engineer, Public Works Department Raipur Divison 3, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh 9 - Sub Divisional Officer, Public Works Department, Division Raipur, Distt. Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Sharad Mishra, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Mayur Khandelwal, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 31/07/2025 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. 5 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