1 2025:CGHC:49669 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 10970 of 2025 1 - Sita Ram S/o Shri Ram Aged About 67 Years R/o Village Songara Post Songara P/s Pratappur, District - Surajpur (C.G.) 2 - Ravishankar Prajapati S/o Shri Ramsundar Prajapati Aged About 73 Years R/o House No. 203, Bhathu Para Ambedkar Ward Ambikapur Tahasil Ambikapur District - Surguja (C.G.) --- Petitioners versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Skill Development Employment And Technical Education Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Director Directorate Of Technical Education Indrawati Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department Ambikapur Division Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) 4 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department Ambikapur Division Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Balrampur District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) ---- Respondents ____________________________________________________________ For Petitioners : Mr. Rahul Mishra, Advocate For Respondents/State : Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Justice Parth Prateem Sahu Order On Board 06/10/2025 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 BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN Digitally signed by BALRAM PRASAD DEWANGAN Date: 2025.10.08 10:22:46 +0530 2 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 petitioner 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, at this stage, 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 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