1 2025:CGHC:40835 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9463 of 2025 1 - Anarkali W/o Late Shri Gajendra Aged About 63 Years R/o Village 446, Uttar Chakradhar Nagar, Raigarh, Post Office Raigarh, District Raigarh C.G. 2 - Bhavsingh Khairwar S/o Late Baldev Prasad Aged About 63 Years R/o Village G- 7, Polytechnic Balco Ward No. 34, Korba, District Korba C.G. ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Technical Education, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 2 - The Joint Director, Treasury Accounts And Pension, Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 3 - Director Technical Education Chhattisgarh Block-3 Indravati Bhawan, Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 4 - Treasurer, Treasury Accounts And Pension, Korba, District Korba C.G. 5 - Principal, Govt. Polytechnic College Korba, District Korba C.G. ... Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Pradeep Kumar Jogi, Advocate. For State : Mr. S. Choubey, Panel Lawyer. Hon’ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 13-08-2025 1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners stood retired as Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employee. The petitioners 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 Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AADIL KHAN 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 petitioners have raised identical issue which may be allowed. He submits that at this stage the petitioners may be permitted to submit detailed representation before the respondents/competent authority, who, in turn, may 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 petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and are only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, 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 petitioners, 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 petitioners to make detailed representation before the concerned respondent/competent authority. In the event, the petitioners submit representation(s), the same shall be considered and decided in accordance with the relevant rules and law and after verification of the service records of the petitioners expeditiously preferably within the period of 'three months' from the date of receipt of the such representation(s) 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 Aadil