1 / 2 2026:CGHC:13955 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2754 of 2026 K. Joseph S/o Karu J. Anna Aged About 75 Years Retired Driver, R/o Railway Colony, Jagdalpur, District Bastar (Cg) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur (Cg) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resource Department, Shivnath Mandal, North Block, Sector-19, Atal Nagar Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (Cg) 3 - Chief Engineer Water Resource Department, Raipur, District Raipur (Cg) 4 - Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pension, Raipur, Division Raipur, District Raipur (Cg) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Banjare, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Ajay Kumrani, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 24/03/2026 1. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that the petitioner who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, is entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioner. 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 petitioner therein have raised 2 / 2 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 petitioner is not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the 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 petitioner, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioner to submit fresh representations. In the event, petitioner submits 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) Saurabh JUDGE