1 / 2 2026:CGHC:11601 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2361 of 2026 1 - Ram Prasad S/o Shyam Sunder Aged About 64 Years R/o Vill. Batki, District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 2 - Sanjana Dhruw W/o Late Shri Bharat Dhruw Aged About 31 Years R/o Ward No. 2, Virendra Nagar, Saraipali, District- Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Public Works, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Department Of Public Works Nirman Bhawan, North Block, Naya Raipur Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer, Public Works Department (E/ M, Sub Division ) Raipur , District- Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Superintending Engineer, Public Works Department, Division Mahasamund, Tahsil And District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 5 - Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, (Building And Road) Division Mahasamund, Tahsil And District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 6 - Executive Engineer, Public Works Department, Division Mahasamund, Tahsil And District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 7 - Sub Division Officer, Public Works Department, Sub Division Saraipali District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 8 - Joint Director, Treasury, Accounts And Pension, Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Mayank CHandrakar, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Aditya Tiwari, P.L. 2 / 2 Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 11.03.2026 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. 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