1 / 2 2026:CGHC:4348 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 828 of 2026 1. Bhushan Kumar John S/o John Julius Aged About 63 Years Resident Ward No. 05, Mission Compound Takhatpur, Dist. Bilaspur C.G. 2. Rajendra Kumar Thakur S/o Ramdayal Thakur Aged About 63 Years Resident Ashok Nagar, Murum Khudan, Gaon Khamtarai, Dist. Bilaspur C.G. 3. Gopi Shrivas S/o Radheshyam Shrivas Aged About 63 Years Resident 2/418, 27 Kholi, Vikas Nagar, Dist. Bilaspur C.G. 4. Satish Kumar Gupta S/o Hari Prasad Gupta Aged About 63 Years Resident 449/2, Ganiyari Takhatpur, Dist. Bilaspur C.G. 5. Narendra Kumar Thakur S/o Tansingh Thakur Aged About 63 Years Resident Thakur Mohallah, Ward No. 7 Takhatpur, District Bilaspur C.G. ... Petitioners versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Neer Bhawan, Main Road Civil Lines, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2. Engineer In Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indravati Bhavan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3. Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering Division, Office Near Nag-Nagin Pond, In Front Of Pratham Hospital, Bahtrai Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4. Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department Block Bilaspur, Old Composite Building, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh 5. Collector - Bilaspur Collectorate, Bilaspur, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 6. Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pensions - Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur District Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Yash Verma, Advocate For Respondent-State : Ms. Diksha Gouraha, Dy. Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 27/01/2026 PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA 2 / 2 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 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, 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 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 permitting petitioners to submit fresh 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. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) pwn JUDGE