1 2026:CGHC:19914 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3697 of 2026 1 - Ganesh Ram Giri S/o Tilak Giri Aged About 69 Years R/o Ward No. 5, Schoolpara, Barbaspur, Ujiyarpur, Koriya, Chhattisgarh. 2 - K. Leela W/o Ram Kumar Aged About 63 Years R/o Ward No. 16, Junapara, Baikunthpur, Koriya, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Ram Sai S/o Shyam Lal Aged About 62 Years R/o Nadi Road, Ward No. 5, Baikunthpur, District- Koriya (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Finance Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 4 - The Engineer-In-Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Tehsil And District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 5 - The Superintendent Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Tehsil- Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2026.05.01 11:59:00 +0530 2 6 - The Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Baikunthpur, Koriya, District- Koriya (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from CIS) For Petitioners : Mr. Aman Upadhyay, Advocate For Respondents-State : Mr. Ajay Kumrani, Panel Lawyer SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 29/04/2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners were appointed as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees in the department of Public Health Engineering Department, and therefore, 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 therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioner 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 3 representation to be submitted by petitioner, 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 representation before appropriate authority. 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) Judge Ravi Mandavi