1 2025:CGHC:56698 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 13143 of 2025 1 - Dhani Ram Nau S/o Late Tamu Shrivas Aged About 65 Years Retired Gang Labour Unskilled Posted At Office Of P W D Sub-Division No. 1 Bilaspur Public Works Department, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh R/o Village - Butena, Post - Muru-Chakarbhatha, P.S. Hirri, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Works Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Bilaspur Mandal District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - Superintending Engineer Public Works Department, Bilaspur Mandal District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division No. 1, Bilaspur District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 6 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Divison, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 13193 of 2025 1 - Tula Ram S/o Motilal Satnami Aged About 68 Years R/o Village- Lakholi P.S. Arang Th Arang, District- Raipur (C.G.) (Petitioner Was Retired On 31- 07-2019 From The Post Of Gang Unskilled Labor) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Work Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Work Department, Nirman Bhawan, Sector 19 North Block, Nava Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Public Work Department, Raipur Circle, Civil Lines Near Akashwani, Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Superintendent Engineer Public Work Department, Mandal - 01 Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department, Division No. 02, Sirpur Bhawan, Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 6 - District Treasury Officer District Treasury Office, Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) ARUN KUMAR DEWANGAN Digitally signed by ARUN KUMAR DEWANGAN Date: 2025.11.22 16:09:10 +0530 2 WPS No. 13178 of 2025 1 - Gokul Ram Nishad S/o Late Shri Jeevrakhan Lal Aged About 62 Years H. No. 219, Village Khudmuda, Post - Sankra, District Durg Chhattisgarh 2 - Motim Sahu S/o Late Shri Maniram Sahu Aged About 62 Years H. No. Sheetala Chouk, Mathpurena Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indrawati Bhawan Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering, Near Khalsa School Pandri Circle Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer P.H.E. Division, Near Khalsa School Pandri - Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - Director Treasury, Account And Pension Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 13159 of 2025 1 - Jawahar Lal Mishra S/o Late Shri Roopnarayan Mishra Aged About 65 Years R/o Dodhi Para, Korba, Distt- Korba, C.G. (Retired Employee Claiming His Leave Encashment) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Water Resource, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District. 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. 5 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Kachhar, Water Resource Department, Bilaspur, C.G. 6 - Superintendent Engineer Water Resource Circle, Bilaspur, Distt.- Bilaspur, C.G. 7 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division, Korba, Distt- Korba, C.G. --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 13163 of 2025 1 - Tairas Kerketta S/o Late Shri Abraham Kerketta Aged About 74 Years R/o Village Pakratoli, Tahsil Kansabel, District Jashpur (C.G.) 2 - Rameshwar Ram S/o Late Shri Buddhu Ram Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Todhibahar, Post Bandarchuwa, Tehsil Kunkuri, District Jashpur (C.G.) 3 - Smt. Jhelo Bai W/o Ratiya Ram Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Tamasingha, Post-Bandarchuwan, Tahsil Kunkuri, District Jashpur (C.G.) 3 4 - Ignesh Ekka S/o Late Shri Kandru Ekka Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Dhadhibahar, Post Bandarchuwa, Tehsil Kunkuri, District Jashpur (C.G.) 5 - Bajrat Ram S/o Late Shri Tilsai Aged About 74 Years R/o Village Kansabel, Tahsil Kansabel, District Jashpur (C.G.) 6 - Ramdev Ram S/o Late Shri Khitul Ram Aged About 73 Years R/o Village Narayanbahali, Post-Chetba, Tahsil-Kansabel, District Jashpur (C.G.) 7 - Rukhnath Ram S/o Late Shri Sonu Ram Aged About 74 Years R/o Village Narayanbahali, Post-Chetba, Tahsil-Kansabel, District Jashpur (C.G.) 8 - Bhagmani Bai W/o Late Shri Rajkishor Sai Aged About 70 Years R/o Village Khutitoli, Post-Chetba, Tahsil-Kansabel, District Jashpur (C.G.) 9 - Smt. Surmani W/o Late Shri Baldev Ram Aged About 50 Years R/o Village Pandripani, Thana- Duldula, Tahsil - Duldula, District Jashpur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Work Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer-In -Chief Public Work Department Nirman Bhawan, North Block Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Public Work Department National Highway Zone Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - The Executive Engineer Public Work Department National Highway Division Ambikapur District Sarguja Chhattisgarh 5 - Joint Director Treasury Account And Pension Ambikapur, District Sarguja (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) and WPS No. 13207 of 2025 1 - Smt. Keja Bai Koshle W/o Late Dhanush Ram Koshle Aged About 68 Years R/o Village And Post - Singhri, P.S. Ratanpur, Tahsil Ratanpur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted At Office Of S D O, Jal Sansadhan Sub-Division Belgahna, Water Resources Department, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2 - Smt. Rampadi Devi W/o Late Ravindra Sharma Aged About 55 Years R/o Village And Post - Khadgawan Kala, Tahsil - Pratappur, District - Surajpur Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Posted As Chowkidar At Office Of S.D.O. (E And M) Light Machinery Nalkoop And Gate Sub-Division Baikunthpur, Water Resources Department, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Department Of Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Ganga Kachhar Department Of Water Resources Ambikapur, District - Surguja Chhattisgarh 4 5 - Executive Engineer Jal Sansadhan Division Kota, Water Resources Department, District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 6 - Executive Egineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Baikunthpur Water Resources Department, District - Koriya Chhattisgarh 7 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh --- Respondent(s) For respective Petitioners : Mr. U.N.S. Deo, Mr. Abhishek Singh, Mr. Avinash Singh, Mr. Manoj Chouhan & Ms. Nilu Kumari Singh, Advocates. For State : Mr. Suyash Dhar Badgaiya, Dy. Govt. Advocate, Mr. Santosh Bharat, Mr. Anmol Sharma, Ms. Anuja Sharma, Panel Lawyers. Hon'ble Shri Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas Order on Board 21/11 /2025 1. The issue involved in these writ petitions has already been decided by this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh [WPS No. 3870 of 2021 (decided on 30.09.2022)]. 2. In view of the above, the instant writ petitions also deserve to be disposed of in terms of the judgment passed by this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra). 3. Accordingly, all the writ petitions are disposed of. Sd/- (Narendra Kumar Vyas) Judge Arun