1 / 3 2026:CGHC:11613 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 2356 of 2026 1 - Smt. Sunti Bai Yadav W/o Late Vivek Ram Yadav Aged About 60 Years R/o Village Maharband Para Ward No. 4 Civil Lines P.S. Kanker District Kanker Chhattisgarh Husband Of Petitioner Was Retired Shikshit Sahayak Posted At Office Of S.D.O. (E And M) Light Machinery Sub Division Kanker Water Resources Department District Kanker Chhattisgarh 2 - Ravindra Kumar Gupta S/o Bhagwat Prasad Gupta Aged About 64 Years Retired Dak Runner Posted At Office Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Kabirdham, Water Resources Department District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - Engineer In Chief Water Resources Department, Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer Mahanadi Godavari Kachhar Department Of Water Resources Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 4 - Executive Engineer (E And M) Bhari Sanyantra Sambhag Mahanadi ALFIZA BAIG Digitally signed by ALFIZA BAIG Date: 2026.03.12 11:44:25 +0530 2 / 3 Jalashay Pariyojna Rudri Water Resources Department, District - Dhamtari Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer Water Resources Division Kabirdham Water Resources Department District Kabirdham Chhattisgarh 6 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Raipur Division, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 7 - Joint Director Pension And Account Treasury Department Durg Division, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioners : Ms. Mamta Mahilange, Advocate For State : Mrs. Poorva Tiwari, Panel lawyer S.B.: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 11.03.2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees are 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 have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. She 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, at this stage, she 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 the petitioners to make fresh representation. In the event, petitioners submit 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 observation and direction. Certified copy as per rules. sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Alfiza