1 CGHC010252742026 2026:CGHC:29300 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5260 of 2026 1 - Ashok Kumar Jain S/o Late Shri Mulayam Chand Jain Aged About 64 Years R/o House No. Lig- 553 Deen Dayal Awas Mangla, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Department Of Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhavan, Nava Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resource Department, North Block Sector 19 Nirman Bhawan Nawa 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.) 5 - Accountant General (Account And Entitlement) Zero Point Balodabazar Road, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner : Mr. Swapnil Keshari, Advocate For Respondents/State : Mr. Luv Sharma, Panel Lawyer For Respondent No. 5 : Mr. Raj Kumar Gupta, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2026.07.14 12:06:17 +0530 2 13.07.2026 1. By way of present petition, the petitioner is seeking a direction towards the respondents authorities to settle the claim of final payment of GPF, in respect of the petitioner. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner was working on the post of Skilled Helper under the Work Charge and Contingency Paid Employee in the Water Resource Department and on 31/07/2024, the petitioner has been retired from his service. However, there is a dispute regarding the payment of GPF to the petitioner, hence, he seeks to withdraw the present writ petition with liberty to raise grievance of the petitioner before the High Power Pension Redressal Committee. 3. Learned counsel for the respondents has not opposes the submission made by learned counsel for the respondents. 4. In view of the above, the office of the Advocate General is directed to send the case to the Committee, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the petition from the petitioner and this order. The Committee shall consider and pass a reasoned order within a further period of 3 months, in accordance with law, after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the parties. The petitioner and the officers concerned may file additional documents, if necessary. The entire exercise, including retiral dues of the employee and other pensionary benefits, if any, 3 to the petitioner be completed within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. The petitioner shall supply extra copy of the petition to learned counsel appearing for the State/respondents for forwarding the same to the Committee. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with the aforesaid liberty. SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Amardeep