1 2026:CGHC:21091 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3895 of 2026 1 - Ubar Das S/o Late Jagar Nath Aged About 70 Years Retried Work Charge Labour R/o Village- Keshgawan Tahsil Udaypur District- Surajpur (C.G.) 2 - Munshi Ram S/o Bigal Ram Aged About 65 Years Retried Work Charge Labour R/o Village Darri Para Road Kusmi District- Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 3 - Harpat Ram S/o Late Makdu Ram Uranv Aged About 65 Years R/o Village- Kusmi District- Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - Smt Tapeshwari W/o Devi Prasad Aged About 33 Years R/o Village Abhaypur Post- Tara District- Surajpur (C.G.) 5 - Ramgahan Uike S/o Late Sudarsan Aged About 39 Years R/o Panditpara Wadrafnagar Tehsil - Wadrafnagarh Distt - Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Kunwar Lal Panth S/o Late Rambakas Panth Aged About 37 Years R/o Village- Madanpur District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 7 - Ujit Lal S/o Late Mahewa Ram Aged About 65 Years R/o Village Gonda Pratappur District- Surajpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary Public Works Department Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralay Nava Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2026.05.11 17:24:37 +0530 2 2 - Engineer In Chief Public Works Department North Block- Sector 19 Nirman Bhawan Nawa Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department Circle Ambikapur District- Ambikapur (C.G.) 4 - Superintendent Engineer Public Work Department Circle Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department Bha/sadak Division Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Bha/sadak Division Surajpur District- Surajpur (C.G.) 7 - Executive Engineer Public Work Department Bha/sadak Division Ramanujganj District- Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from CIS) For Petitioner : Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondents-State : Ms. Anuja Sharma, Dy. Govt. Advocate SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 06/05/2026 1. Petitioners have filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs: “10.1) That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue the direction for the respondent authorities to grant the benefit of gratuity. 10.2) That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue the direction for the respondents' authorities to grant interest on delay payment of gratuity. 10.3) Any other relief which this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to grant.” 3 2. Counsel for the petitioners submits that the case of the petitioners is covered with the decision of the Division Bench of this Court in WA No. 378 of 2016 and other connected matters. Petitioners had submitted representation before respondent No. 3 to 5, which is pending consideration and therefore, at this stage, direction be issued to respondent No. 3 to 5 to consider and take decision on the representation submitted by the petitioners, at the earliest, in the light of the decision of Division Bench of this Court in WA No. 378 of 2016. 3. Counsel for the State submits that in view of the limited prayer made by counsel for the petitioners, he is having no objection. 4. On due consideration of submission of counsel for the parties, writ petition at this stage is disposed of permitting the petitioners to submit fresh representation before respondents along with all supporting documents before respondents No.3 to 5, and in the event of submitting such representation, respondent authorities shall consider and take decision on the same, in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within further period of three months from the date of receipt of the Order, keeping in mind the decision of Division Bench of this Court passed in WA No. 378 of 2016. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Ravi Mandavi