1 / 2 2026:CGHC:10733 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2184 of 2026 1 - Smt. Ram Kunwar Yadav W/o Itwari Yadav Aged About 66 Years R/o H. N. 146, Ward No. 5, Kawardha Dist- Kabirdham (C.G.) 2 - Kaliya Bai W/o Late Sukhdev Aged About 48 Years R/o Ward No. 6, Raj- nawagaon Kawardha District- Kabirdham (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary Department Of Public Works Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Public Works Nirman Bhawan North Block- Naya Raipur Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department (E/m, Sub Division Raipur Dis- trict- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Superintending Engineer Public Works Department Division Durg Tahsil And District- Durg (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division Kawardha Tahsil And District- Kabirdham (C.G.) 6 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pension Durg District- Durg (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Mayank Chandrakar, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Siddhant Sharma, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 02/03/2026 2 / 2 1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, is entitled for leave en- cashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave en- cashment 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 therein have raised iden- tical 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 peti- tion on merits and is 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 permitting petitioners to submit fresh representations. In the event, petitioners submits representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously prefer- ably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representa- tion keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and direc- tions. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Saurabh JUDGE