1 / 2 2026:CGHC:10731 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2191 of 2026 1 - Ram Kumar Sharma S/o Shri Sukhram Sharma Aged About 62 Years R/o O.C.M. Chowk Water Management Sub Division No. 3, Office Campus, Raipur Dis- trict- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Shiv Kumar Sinha S/o Shri Kedarnath Sinha, Aged About 62 Years R/o Ward No. 9, Bajrang Chowk, Village Bhelwadih Post Uparwara , Abhanpur, District - Raipur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Executive Engineer Water Resources Department Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Joint Director, Treasury Accounts And Pension Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Rustam Sahu, Advocate For Respondent-State : Ms. Sakshi Bajpai, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 02/03/2026 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 2 / 2 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