2025:CGHC:43527 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9650 of 2025 1 - Vinod Kumar Yadav S/o Shri Kodu Ram Yadav Aged About 62 Years A/a 62 Years, R/o Ward No.4, P.O. Doundi, District- Balod Dallirajhara (C.G.) 2 - Jivrakhan Lal Thakur S/o Shri Ganesh Ram Thakur Aged About 70 Years R/o Bhendi, Suregaon Balod District- Balod (C.G.) 3 - Khorbahra Ram Meshram S/o Shri Parsuram Meshram Aged About 66 Years R/o Ward No.14, Bhathapara Sanjari, Balod District- Balod (C.G.) 4 - Mehatrin Bai S/o Late Shri Man Singh Padmakar Aged About 63 Years R/o Mahatma Gandhi Ward Ward No.3, Doundi Balod District- Balod (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Public Health Engineering (P.H.E) Mahanadi Bhawan Nava Raipur District- Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer- In Chief Department Of Pblic Health Engineering (P.H.E.) Atal Nagar Sector 19, Nawa Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering (P.H.E.) Zone - Raipur District- Raipur Chhattisgarh, 4 - Superintendent Engineer Public Health Engineering (P.H.E.) Durg Circle- Durg District- Durg Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Balod Public Health Engineering (P.H.E.) Department Division Balod District- Balod Chhattisgarh, 6 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pensions Durg District- Durg Chhattisgarh, 7 - Treasury Officer Treasury Balod, District Balod, Chhattisgarh, …Respondents (Cause title is taken from the CIS) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioners : Shri Akash Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondents/State : Shri KS Saini, PL ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board Digitally signed by V PADMAVATHI Date: 2025.09.01 15:42:17 +0530 Wps 9650 of 2025 2 28.08.2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired employees of the Public Health Engineering Department, and were working as Work Charged Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed by this Court in WPS-3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel, and others Vs 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 detailed representation before the concerned respondent/ 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, petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and direction. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma