1 2026:CGHC:26763 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 4878 of 2026 1 - Smt. Meena Bai Patel W/o Murli Lal Patel Aged About 57 Years R/o Motitalabpara Ramaiyya Ward Jagdalpur District- Bastar (C.G.) 2 - Smt. Daymati W/o Sahdev Aged About 61 Years R/o Ward No.12 Colchur Tehsil And District- Bastar (C.G.) --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - The Secretary Water Resource Department Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Nawa Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer Water Resource Division Jagadlpur District- Bastar (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdev Mahanadi Kachhar Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer TDPP Water Resource Division Jagdalpur District- Bastar (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer (E/M) Light Machinery Tubewell And Gate Division Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) SOURABH BHILWAR Digitally signed by SOURABH BHILWAR Date: 2026.07.01 17:41:03 +0530 2 --- Respondent(s) with WPS No. 4879 of 2026 Smt. Narbad Bai Sahu Wd/o- Ramlal Sahu Aged About 62 Years Retired Waterman, R/o- Shakuntala Vihar, Sakri, Tehsil Sakri, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralay Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Water Resources Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Narth Block Sector 19 Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer, Mini Mata Hasdev Bango Project Water Management Department Bilaspur District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer, Hasdev Canal, Water Management Division Janjgir, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) with WPS No. 4930 of 2026 1 - Gangaram S/o Dashrath Ram, Aged About 57 Years Retired Chowkidar, R/o Village Jamai, Ward No. 3, Balrampur, District Balrampur-Ramanuj-Ganj (C.G.) 3 2 - Chhedi Lal Yadav, S/o Pachkodi, Aged About 73 Years Retired Labour, R/o Village Mankepi, Shankargarh, District Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Chief Engineer, Hasdev Ganga Kachhar, Water Resource Department, Ambikapur, District Surguja (C.G.) 3 - Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division Balrampur, District Balrampur - Ramanuj-Ganj (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division No. 2 Ramanujganj, District Balrampur - Ramanuj-Ganj (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Shubham Singh, Advocate For Respondents/ State : Ms. Akanksha Verma, Panel Lawyer (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 01/07/2026 1. Since the identical issues involved in the above mentioned writ petitions, they are being heard and decided by this common order. 2. By the present writ petitions, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claims of the Petitioners for grant of leave encashment in terms of the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Work- 4 Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. 3. According to the Petitioners, they have made their respective claims in the light of the recent decision passed by 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 decision also stands affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20.6.2023. 4. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petitions are disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons herein in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. 5. With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petitions stand disposed of. Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE $. Bhilwar