1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9607 of 2025 1 - Smt. Magatin W/o Late Manohar Verma Aged About 64 Years Widow Of Work Charged Employee, R/o Ward No. 29, Hospital Colony Durg, Post Durg, Tehsil Durg, District Durg, C.G. 2 - Pannalal Sahu S/o Uday Ram Sahu Aged About 64 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Laxmi Nagar, Near Shiv Mandir, Pachpedi Naka, Ring Road Raipur, Post Raipur, Tehsil Raipur, District Raipur, C.G. 3 - Smt. Shakuntala Shukla W/o Ram Sahodar Shukla Aged About 66 Years Widow Of Work Charged Employee, R/o Ward No. 07, Ajad Chawk, Arang, Post Arang, Tehsil Arang, District Raipur, C.G. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. 4 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department No. 01 Durg, Dist. Durg, C.G. 6 - The Executive Engineer National Highways Division No. 01 Raipur, Public Works Department Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.08.26 18:00:54 +0530 2 7 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department No. 03 Raipur, Dist. Raipur, C.G. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Anand Kumar Kujur, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 26/08/2025 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 detailed representation before the concerned respondents/competent 3 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