1 2026:CGHC:22730 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4099 of 2026 Manik Kumar Vaidagya S/o Late Shri Deerendra Vaidagya Aged About 68 Years 944 Maharshi Aashram, Hatak Chora, Vivakanand Ward No. 30 Jagdalpur, District Bastar (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2 - Engineer-In-Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indrawati Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 3 - Superintending Engineer Public Health Engineering, Circle Kondagaon District- Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh) 4 - Executive Engineer P.H.E. Division, Kondagaon District- Kondagaon (Chhattisgarh) SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2026.05.14 17:42:13 +0530 2 5 - Director Treasury, Account And Pension Block-1, First Floor, Indrawati Bhawan Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (Chhattisgarh) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) :Shri Amod Kumar Shrivastav, Advocate For Respondent(s) :Ms. Apurva Nigam, Panel Lawyer HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU Order on Board 14.05.2025 1. The limited relief that the Petitioner seeks for in the present Writ Petition is for an appropriate direction to the Respondents for considering the claim of the Petitioner for grant of leave encashment in terms of the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. 2. According to the Petitioner, he has made his claim in the light of the recent decision of this Court rendered in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others) decided on 30.9.2022, wherein similar claim of the Petitioner therein has been allowed. The said 3 decision also stands afÏrmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20.6.2023. 3. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claim of all similarly placed person in the light of the aforesaid decision of this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of copy of this Order. 4. With aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE Shoaib