1 2025:CGHC:20615 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3159 of 2025 1 - Amarautin Sahu W/o Late Itavari Sahu Aged About 63 Years Retired Public Health Engineering Division Rajnandgaon R/o House No. 225 Ward No. 12, Sambalpur Singhola Dongargaon District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) - 491441 ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary Public Health Engineering Department Government Of Chhattisgarh Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Naya Raipur District - Raipur Chhattisgarh- 492002 2 - The Engineer In Chief Public Health Engineering Department Indrawati Bhawn Nawa Raipur Atal Nagar District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Raipur Zone Chhattisgarh District – Raipur 4 - The Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Circle Durg Circle Chhattisgarh District – Durg SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2025.05.07 16:18:30 +0530 2 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Division Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh District - Rajnandgaon ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Ashwin Panickar, Advocate. For Respondent(s) : Ms. Akanksha Verma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 06.05.2025 1. The limited relief that the Petitioner seeks for in the present Writ Petition is for an appropriate direction to the Respondents for considering the claim of the Petitioner for grant of leave encashment in terms of the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. 2. According to the Petitioner, he has made his claim in the light of the recent decision of this High Court rendered in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 30.9.2022, wherein similar claim of the Petitioner therein has been allowed. The said decision also stands affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20.6.2023. 3. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claim of all similarly placed person in the light of the 3 aforesaid decision of this High Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of copy of this Order. 4. With aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Shoaib