1 / 2 2026:CGHC:18313 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 3487 of 2026 1 - Ashok Kumar Sahu S/o- Firanta Sahu Aged About 63 Years Retired Labour, R/o- Village Moring, Tehsil And District - Mahasamund (C.G.) 2 - Dukalu Ram Sahu S/o- Bisamar Sahu Aged About 63 Years Retired Labour, R/o- Village Baroda Bazar, Tehsil And District- Mahasamund (C.G.) 3 - Kheduram Sahu S/o- Siyaram Sahu Aged About 66 Years Retired Labour, R/o- Village Charoda, Tehsil Bagbahara And District- Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) Versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through , The Secretary, Water Resource Department Mahanadi Bhawan Atal Nagar Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Engineer In Chief, Water Resource Department Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.) 3 - Chief Engineer, Mahanadi Godawari Kachhar, Water Resource Department Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division Mahasamund, District- Mahasamund (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioners : Mr. Swapnil Keshari, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For Respondent-State : Ms. Anuja Sharma, Dy. G.A. Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 22.04.2026 2 / 2 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, 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 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