1 CGHC010377572026 2026:CGHC:42135 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7155 of 2026 1 - Chhattisgarh Rajya Dainik Vetan Bhogi Karmachari Sangh Through Its Divisional President, Sampat Kumr Sahu S/o Late Jaggu Ram Sahu, Aged 38 Years, At O/o The Chief Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Bahtarai, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - The Engineer In Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Indrawati Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - The Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - The Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 5 - The Chief Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, District Bastar Chhattisgarh 6 - Regional Provident Fund Commissioner Employees Provident Fund Organization (E P F O) Block D, Scheme No. 32, Indira Gandhi Commercial Complex, Pandri, Raipur Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Rajesh Kumar Kesharwani with Ms. Juhi Anguriya, Advocates. For Respondents/State : Mr. Vinay Pandey, G.A. AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2026.09.29 17:27:17 +0530 2 Mr. Respondent No.6 : Mr. Sunil Pillai, Advocate Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge Order on Board 28/09/2026 1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking a direction towards the respondents No.1 to 5 to extend the benefit of EPF coverage to the daily rated/casual employees by the petitioner’s Union in accordance with the provisions of the applicable Circulars dated 22/11/2016 and 12/07/2017. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner, referring to Annexure P-8, which is an order passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in WPS No. 5285 of 2025 on 17.10.2025, submits that a daily-rated employee of the Water Resources Department had also approached this Court, wherein the learned State counsel had submitted that the Circulars dated 22.11.2016 and 12.07.2017 would be implemented by the said Department. By referring Annexure P-6, which is a communication dated 08.09.2026, whereby the Assistant Provident Fund Commissioner forwarded the representation submitted by the General Secretary of the Chhattisgarh Rajya Dainik Vetan Bhogi Karmachari Sangh to the Office of the Engineer-in-Chief. Accordingly, learned counsel submits that the present writ petition may also be disposed of accordingly. 3. Learned counsel for the State, in the present case, also submits that the Circulars dated 22.11.2016 and 12.07.2017 3 shall be implemented by the Public Health Engineering Department after verifying the claims of the members of the petitioners’ Union and determining the applicability of the said Circulars, as contended by the petitioner herein. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties, perused the pleadings and documents. 5. The Employees Provident Fund and miscellaneous Provisions Act, 1952 is a Social Welfare Legislation enacted by the Parliament of India in furtherance of Directive Principles of State Policy given in the Constitution. This special legislation provides for social security benefits in the form of Provident Fund, Insurance, and Pension benefits to the workers and their families in his old age, infirmities as well as in the case of their untimely demise. The employer of the establishment is required to remit the contributions along with the administrative charges within 15 days of the close of every month. 6. Having considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondents No. 1 to 5 to implement the Circulars dated 22.11.2016 and 12.07.2017 within a period of fifty days, subject to verification of the claims, if the said Circulars have not already been implemented. SD/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) Judge Amardeep