1 / 3 2026:CGHC:15788 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3044 of 2026 1 - Santosh Kumar Harvansh S/o Harichandrapuram Harvansh Aged About 63 Years Retired Employee From Public Health Engineering Department Division Ambikapur, R/o House No. 08, College Road Navapara, Surajpur, District- Surajpur (C.G.) 2 - Rajesh Lakra S/o Late Naresh Ram Aged About 63 Years Retired Employee From Public Health Engineering Department Division Ambikapur, R/o House No. 48 Gadaghat, Khairwar Surguja District- Surguja, (C.G.) 3 - Dev Prasad Nirala S/o Maninath Ram Aged About 63 Years Retired Employee From Public Health Engineering Department Division Ambikapur R/o N.H. 78, Sitapur, Surguja (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raiur, District- Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Finance Department, 2 / 3 Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District- Raipur Chhattisgarh. 4 - The Engineer-In-Chief Public Health Engineering Department, Tehsil And District- Raipur (C.G.) 5 - The Superintendent Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 6 - The Executive Engineer Public Health Engineering Department, Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) 7 - The Executive Engineer (E/m), Public Health Engineering Department, Ambikapur, District- Surguja (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Aman Upadhyay, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Aditya Tiwari, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 07.04.2026 1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, is entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. 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 therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time. 3 / 3 2. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, he is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record. 4. Taking into consideration, the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh representations. In the event, petitioners submits representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra). 5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Saurabh JUDGE