1 2025:CGHC:50124 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 11739 of 2025 1 - Sita Bai W/o Late Laxman Rao Aged About 60 Years New Panchshil Nagar Behind Chhattisgarh Club, Civil Lines, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Bhokchand Bagh S/o Gopi Bagh Aged About 62 Years Block No. 65, Vinayak Garden, Sector 4, Shivanand Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Rama Ravindran S/o P.K. Ravindran Aged About 60 Years Masjid Road, New Jaitkham Santoshi Naga, Tikrapara, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Ram Prasad Patel S/o Firturam Aged About 68 Years 544 Karan Naga, Near Sahu Atta Chakki, New Changorabhata Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Kishore Verma S/o Kupa Shankar Verma Aged About 68 Years 30, Sector 1, Gali 1, Professor Colony, Wtc, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Majida Begam W/o Raza Hussain Khan Aged About 56 Years Shyam Nagar, Muthpurena Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Susheela Shukla W/o R.K. Shukla Aged About 61 Years 753/2, Near Imam Nagar Madarsa, Mathpurena, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 8 - Kaushilya Ratre W/o Babulal Ratre Aged About 52 Years 629, Durga Chowk, Mathpurena, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 9 - Lata Pawar W/o Ganesh Rao Pawar Aged About 61 Years Sahu Para, Aadarsh Chowk, Changorabhata, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Bharat Naik S/o Sansit Naik Aged About 72 Years Near Ali Kirana Store, Syam Nagar Telibandhar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 11 - Motilal Dewangan S/o Narangi Dewangan Aged About 74 Years Durga Para, Santoshi Nagar, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 12 - Ratna Dubey W/o Late Khedu Prasad Dubey Aged About 61 Years Shitla Cloney, Malsay Talab, Kushalpur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Public Healty Engineering Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Executive Engineer Public Healty Engineer, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN Digitally signed by BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN Date: 2025.10.09 11:03:04 +0530 2 3 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pension, Raipur Division, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. --- Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Aishwarya Diwan, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, Panel Lawyer SB: Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Order On Board 08/10/2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, are entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. Identical issue came up for hearing before this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. Vs. State of C.G., in W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022, wherein petitioners have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioner/s, he is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. Taking into consideration, the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is disposed of reserving liberty with the petitioners to submit representation. In the event, petitioners submit 3 representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. C.C. as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Balram