1 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 9794 of 2025 1 - Sewakram Yadav S/o Dayaram Yadav Aged About 62 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Rawanbhata, Tulsi, Post Tilda, Tehsil Tilda, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Gayaram Sahu S/o Vishnuprasad Sahu Aged About 62 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Tarponga, Post Bishrampur, Tehsil Simga, District Balaudabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 3 - Smt. Ramkumari Sahu (Legal Heir) W/o Late Chhediram Sahu Aged About 61 Years A Widow Of Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Tilda, New Teachers Colony, Ward No. 18, Post Tilda, Tehsil Tilda, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Salikram Yadav S/o Hagru Yadav Aged About 62 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Jai Stambh Chawk Ward, Tulsi, Post Tilda, Tehsil Tilda, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Raghunandan Prasad Upadhyaya S/o Devprasad Upadhyaya Aged About 62 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Irrigation Colony Khapridih, Bhatapara, Post Bhatapara, Tehsil Bhatapara, District Balaudabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh 6 - Usha Sen (Legal Heir) W/o Gajendra Sen Aged About 60 Years A Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Khaprikala, Post Kesda, Tehsil Tilda, District Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Digitally signed by SAGRIKA AGRAWAL Date: 2025.08.26 18:00:53 +0530 2 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh 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 Chhattisgarh 5 - The Executive Engineer Mahanadi Jalashaya Pariyojna, Disnet, Division No. 03, Tilda, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 6 - The Executive Engineer Water Management Division No. 02, Balaudabazar, District Balaudabazar-Bhatapara Chhattisgarh ... 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. 3 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 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