1 CGHC010402852026 2026:CGHC:44415 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7527 of 2026 1 - Sandhya Chaubey W/o Late Anil Kumar Chaubey Aged About 46 Years R/o House No. 74, Main Road Rajpur, Tahsil Rajpur District Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Finance Department, New Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, New Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Engineer-In-Chief Public Work Department, Nirman Bhawan, North Block, Sector -19, Capital Complex Naya Raipur, Atal Nagar, Raipur (C.G.) 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Work Department, Ramanujganj District Balrampur - Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - The Joint Director Treasury Account And Pension, Tahsil And District Ambikapur (C.G) ... Respondents For Petitioners : Dr. Prachi Diwan, Advocate. For Respondents/State : Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, Panel Lawyer Hon’ble Shri Bibhu Datta Guru, Judge AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Digitally signed by AMARDEEP CHOUBEY Date: 2026.10.15 10:47:33 +0530 2 Order on Board 14/10/2026 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking for issuance of 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, she has made her 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. 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 Amardeep