1 / 3 CGHC010251782026 2026:CGHC:28158 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5167 of 2026 1 - Smt. Shanaki Mukherjee W/o- Late Krishna Mukherjee Aged About 54 Years R/o- Ward No. 10 Post Bade Bacheli (M) District- South Bastar Dantewada (C.G.) (Wife of Deceased Employee) 2 - Anti Bai Yadav W/o- Sukhram Yadav Aged About 56 Years R/o- Subhas Chandra Bose Ward No. 10 Dantewada (Np) District- South Bastar Dantewada (C.G.) (Wife of Deceased Employee) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of C.G. Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G). 2 - The Engineer In Chief Public Works Department, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Chief Engineer (Administration) Public Works Department, District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar (C.G.) 5 - The Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar (C.G.) 6 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department (Bh/sa) Division South Bastar, Distt. South Bastar Dantewada (C.G.) 7 - Divisional Joint Director, Treasury Account And Pension Bastar Division Jagdalpur District- Bastar (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioners : Mr. Santosh Bharat, Advocate For State/Respondent : Ms. Poorva Tiwari, PL ASHUTOSH MISHRA Digitally signed by ASHUTOSH MISHRA Date: 2026.07.09 10:45:52 +0530 2 / 3 (Hon’ble Shri Justice Bibhu Datta Guru) Order on Board 08/07/2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are the widow of deceased employees who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employee, are 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 petitioners have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representations in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representations to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time. 2. Learned State counsel submits that as the petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and are only seeking a direction to decide the representations to be submitted by petitioners, at this stage, she is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available in record. 4. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioners, this petition is disposed of in light of Faguvaram Patel (Supra) and the petitioners are at liberty to make representations within 3 / 3 a period fo 15 days from receipt of copy of this order. In the event, the case of the petitioners is found to be similarly situated persons, their claim shall be decided by the respondents in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation. 5. Accordingly, the petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. 6. C.C. as per rules. SD/- SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) JUDGE ashu