1 2026:CGHC:17120 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3264 of 2026 1 - Somaru Ram Baghel S/o Late Potu Ram Baghel Aged About 72 Years R/o House No. 36 Ward No. 04 School Para Golawand Distt Kondagaon C.G. 2 - Usaroo S/o Laxman Aged About 73 Years R/o House No. 39 Patel Para Bhiragaon Distt Kondagaon C.G. 3 - Smt. Satvati W/o Aytu Eam Thakur Aged About 67 Years R/o Kotwali Para Post Taragaon Karkapal Distt Kondagaon C.G. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya, New Raipur, Atal Nagar District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Engineer In Chief Public Works Department, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 - The Chief Engineer (Administration) Public Works Department, District Raipur (C.G.) 4 - The Chief Engineer Public Works Department (Ba/sa) Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. 5 - The Superintendent Engineer Public Works Department (Ba/sa) Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Digitally signed by RAVI SHANKAR MANDAVI Date: 2026.04.17 19:32:19 +0530 2 6 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department (Ba/sa) Distt. Kondagaon C.G. 7 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Account And Pension Bastar Division Jagdalpur Distt. Bastar C.G. ... Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from CIS) For Petitioners : Mr. Vikas A. Shrivastava, Advocate For State/Respondents : Ms. Poorva Tiwari, Panel Lawyer. SB: Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge Order on Board 15/04/2026 1. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, petitioners 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. 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 2. Learned State counsel submits that as the petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representations to be submitted by petitioners, at this stage, he is having no objection. 3. I have heard learned counsel for parties and perused the documents available in record. 4. Taking into consideration the limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioners, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh representation before appropriate authority. 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, the petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions. 6. C.C. as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) Judge Ravi Mandavi