1 / 2 2025:CGHC:50117 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 11725 of 2025 1. Sukalu Ram S/o Late Shri Ram Prasad Sahu Aged About 71 Years R/o I-12, Irrigation Colony, Bodhghat, Pandit Sunder Lal Sharma Ward No.2, Jagdalpur Bastar (C.G.) 2. Shyamlal Yadav S/o Ramnath Yadav Aged About 65 Years R/o House No.75, Veersawarkar Ward No.5, Basmunda Para Jagdalpur District- Bastar (C.G.) 3. Smt. Chandrawati Sharma W/o Late Dauwa Prasad Sharma Aged About 67 Years R/o Kani Dabri, Post And Tashil Dhamtari, District- Dhamtari (C.G.) ... Petitioners versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Water Resources Department Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2. The Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Raipur Division-1, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3. The Joint Director Treasury Accounts and Pension Raipur Division, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. S.P. Sahu, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Suyashdhar Badgaiya, Panel Lawyer Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 08/10/2025 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioner 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) PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA 2 / 2 No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022, wherein petitioners therein 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 petitioner expeditiously within specified time. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and are only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, 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 petitioner to submit representation. In the event, petitioners submit 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. Certified copy as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) pwn JUDGE