1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 8875 of 2025 1 - Mandev Ram S/o Dashai, Aged About 66 Years Retired Chowkidar, R/o Village - Uliya, Post - Jigdi, District - Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 2 - Jakir Husain Ansari S/o Shahabuddin Ansari, Aged About 63 Years Retired Chowkidar R/o Village Basantpur, Tahsil Wadrafnagar Pidha, District - Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 3 - Nanhu Ram S/o Sarnam Sahu, Aged About 63 Years Retired Chowkidar, R/o Village - Sarna Tehsil - Raghunathnagar, District Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - Ramsay S/o Jduvar, Aged About 63 Years Retired - Chowkidar, R/o Village - Rajkheta, Tehsil - Raghunathpur, District - Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Pranav Chandra Ray S/o Nagar Chandra Ray, Aged About 71 Years Retired Time Keeper, R/o Village Sagarpur, Tehsil - Balrampur, District - Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Indrajeet Singh Padam S/o Harbansh Singh Padam, Aged About 80 Years R/o Ward No. 35 Ambikapur, District - Sarguja (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Water Resource Department Shivnath Mandal, North Block, Sector - 19, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer, Hasdev Ganga Kachhar Water Resource Department Ambikapur, District Sarguja (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division No. 02 Ramanujganj, District - Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.08.02 11:23:37 +0530 2 5 - Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division Balrampur, District - Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division Ambikapur, District - Sarguja (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 01/08/2025 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. 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 3 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