1 2025:CGHC:3970 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 594 of 2025 1 - Ganga Prasad Rajwade S/o Ramlal Rajwade Aged About 66 Years Retired Dak Runner, R/o Village Shrigarh, Tahsil Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh. 2 - Parmeshwar Singh S/o Butai Singh Aged About 63 Years Retired Chowidar, R/o Village Dumki, Tahsil Lundra, District Surguja Chhattisgarh. 3 - Shesh Das S/o Kirani Das Aged About 67 Years Retired Dak Runner, R/o Village Ratanpur, Post - Kidwai, Tahsil And District Surajpur Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Shivnath Mandal, North Block, Sector 19, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Ganga Kachhar, Water Resources Department, Ambikapur District Surguja Chhattisgarh. 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resources Department, Manendragarh, District Manendragarh, Chirmiri Bharatpur Chhattisgarh. 5 - Executive Engineer Water Resources, Division - 2, Ramanujganj, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh. 6 - Executive Engineer Water Resources, Division Surajpur, District Surajpur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents VISHAKHA BEOHAR Digitally signed by VISHAKHA BEOHAR 2 (Cause-title taken from the Case Information System) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ For Petitioner :- Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For State :- Ms. Neelima Singh, P.L. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ SB- Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order On Board 22.01.2025 1. By way of this writ petition, the petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue the direction for the respondent authorities to grant the benefit of leave encashment” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that petitioners are retired employee of the respondent department, who were working as work charge employee in the Water Resources Department. He submits that in the light of judgment passed by this Court in Writ Petition (S) No.3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Ors.) and other connected matters decided on 30.09.2022, the petitioners were entitled for leave encashment. 3. Learned State counsel submits 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 period of the service to avail the benefit of leave encashment. 4. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the 3 documents available in record. 5. Be that as it may, without commenting anything on the merits, this petition is disposed off giving liberty to the petitioner to make detailed representation before the concerned respondent / competent authority within the period of ‘30 days’ from the date of receipt of copy of this order with all necessary documents to substantiate their claim. In the event of filing of representation, 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 of Faguvaram Patel (Supra) expeditiously preferably within the period of ‘90 days’ from the date of submission of the said representation. 6. Accordingly, this petition stands disposed off with aforesaid observations and directions. 7. I.A. No.01, application for exemption from filing typed copies of annexures is hereby allowed on the ground that the petition is hereby disposed off, therefore there is no need to file legible copies of documents. sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Vishakha