1 CGHC010273082026 2026:CGHC:30357 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 5438 of 2026 Jagannath Tiwari S/o Shri Hari Prasad Tiwari Aged About 64 Years Retired Pump Operator At Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Baikunthpur District- Koriya (C.G.) R/o Village Bagra Post- Koteya Tahsil- Pratappur District- Surajpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary Department Of Water Resource Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan New Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Water Resource Shivnath Bhawan Naya Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Ganga Kachhar Water Resource Department Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Baikunthpur District- Koriya (C.G.) SHOAIB ANWAR Digitally signed by SHOAIB ANWAR Date: 2026.07.17 18:23:21 +0530 2 5 - Joint Director Treasury Account And Pension Ambikapur District- Surguja (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) (Cause title taken from CIS) For Petitioner(s) : Shri Prabhu Lal, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Ms. Diksha Gouraha, Dy. Govt. Advocate Hon'ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board 17.07.2026 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 High 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. 3 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 High 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