1 2025:CGHC:45515 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 10470 of 2025 1 - Ramlal Yadav S/o Baigaram Yadav Aged About 62 Years R/o Bhatikuda, Post- Birda, Distt- Korba C.G. (Retired Employee Claiming Leave Encasement For Himself) 2 - Smt. Sonkunwar Panika W/o Bhim Das Aged About 64 Years R/o Baksara, Post- Pantora, Distt. Janjgir-Champa C.G. (Retired Employee Claiming Leave Encasement For Himself) 3 - Brahamanand Pandey S/o Veni Madhav Pandey Aged About 74 Years R/o Barrage Colony, Irrigation Department, Darri, Distt- Korba C.G. (Retired Employee Claiming Leave Encasement For Himself) 4 - Ransay Yadav S/o Firangi Yadav Aged About 80 Years R/o Shiv Nagar, Rumgara, Post- Balco, Distt- Korba C.G.,(Retired Employee Claiming Leave Encasement For Himself) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Water Resource, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur C.G. 2 - The Secretary, Department of General Administration, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur C.G. 3 - The Secretary, Department of Finance, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur C.G. 4 - Engineer - In- Chief, Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Sector-19, Naya Raipur, Distt. Raipur C.G. Digitally signed by MOHAMMED AADIL KHAN Date: 2025.09.16 16:06:29 +0530 2 5 - Chief Engineer, Minimata Hasdeo Bango Project, Bilaspur Distt- Bilaspur C.G. 6 - Superintendent Engineer, Hasdeo Project Circle, Rampur/korba, Distt- Korba C.G. 7 - Executive Engineer, Hasdeo Barrage, Water Management Division, Rampur/Korba, C.G. ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Ms. Akanksha Singh, Advocate. For State-Respondents : Ms. Smita Jha, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 08-09-2025 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. She stated that an identical issue has already been 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. She 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 3 disposed of in the light of judgment passed in Faguvaram Patel (Supra) reserving liberty to the petitioners to make detailed representation(s) before the concerned respondent/competent authority. In the event, the petitioners submit representation, 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 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