1 2026:CGHC:10736 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1752 of 2022 Premlal Sahu S/o Shri Ramanand Sahu Aged About 59 Years R/o Village Bhoring, Post Bhoring P.S. Tumgaon, Tahsil And District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Water Resource, Indravati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Water Resource, Indavati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur Chhattisgarh. 3 - Executive Engineer Department Of Water Resource, Mahanadi District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. 4 - Smt. Premlata Shevlikar R/o Bajrang Chowk, Gudurupara, Mahasamund District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh. ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Sudeep Johri, Advocate For Res./State : Mr. Suyashdhar Badgaiyan, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Sachin Singh Rajput Order On Board 02/03/2026 1. Following relief has been claimed in this writ petition:- “1. That the Hon’ble Court may be kind enough to call the AMITA DUBEY Digitally signed by AMITA DUBEY Date: 2026.03.11 11:10:18 +0530 2 record of the petitioner as well as other respondents. 2. That the Hon’ble Court may be kind enough to issue a writ/writs, order/orders, direction/directions and to command the respondents by writ of mandamus and to order the respondents to quash the impugned order and to order the respondent to pay the gratuity of Rs. 2,74,700/- with interest along with the payment of pension. 3. That the Hon’ble Court may be kind enough to issue any other writ, order or direction to the respondents in the interest of justice.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that this writ petition was filed by the petitioner seeking the gratuity amount of Rs. 2,74,700/- with interest alongwith payment of pension. He submits that the grievance of the petitioner has been redressed by the respondent authority. He submits that order dated 23.02.2026, has been passed by the respondent authority wherein the petitioner was held to be entitled for Rs. 1,55,941/- as gratuity. Thereafter, vide communication dated 20.02.2026, certain documents including bank passbook, Pan card etc. were demanded from the petitioner to make the online payment of the said amount. Thus, he submits that this writ petition may be disposed of in light of the documents appended with the return. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent submits that the respondents have calculated the admissible gratuity for the amount of Rs. 1,55,941/- and that since the payment of the said amount is to be made online, the documents necessary for that is demanded from the petitioner vide communication dated 20.02.2026 (Annexure R/2). 3 4. In view of the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of and it is expected that the respondent No. 3 shall make payment of the said amount within a period of 30 days after the submission of necessary documents which were demanded from the petitioner vide communication dated 20.02.2026. 5. All pending application(s) if any, stand disposed of. No cost. Sd/- (Sachin Singh Rajput ) Judge Ami