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1 / 7 2025:CGHC:14406 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 1999 of 2025 JYOTI SHARMA Digitally signed by JYOTI SHARMA Date: 2025.03.26 17:09:59 +0530 1 Parmanand Sahu S/o Leeladhar Sahu Aged About 72 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Boirgaon, Post Panktiya, Tehsil Chhura, District Gariyaband Chhattisgarh. 2 Ramnarayan Singh Thakur S/o Fattusingh Aged About 76 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Sanjay Nagar, Ward No. 12, Dondilohara, Post Dondilohara, Tehsil Dondilohara, District Balod Chhattisgarh. 3 Vivek Kumar Patel (Legal Heir) S/o Late Kishanlal Patel Aged About 40 Years The Son Of The Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Chichbod, Post Belam, Tehsil Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh. --- Petitioner(s) versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 / 7 3 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 4 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh. 5 The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, H /m Division Gariyaband, District Gariyaband Chhattisgarh. 6 The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, H / M Division Balod, District Balod Chhattisgarh. --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 2015 of 2025 1 Lekh Ram Sahu S/o Late Bhuvanlal Sahu Aged About 62 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil Durg, District Durg (C.G.) 2 Sarjuram Yadav S/o Pardeshi Ram Yadav Aged About 62 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil - Rajnandgaon, District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 Radheshyam Sahu S/o Pheruram Sahu Aged About 65 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil - Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 4 Piluram Sahu S/o Fatturam Sahu Aged About 66 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil - Rajnandgaon, District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 3 / 7
Legal Reasoning
5 Smt. Bisahin Yadav W/o Gokul Yadav Aged About 64 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, Village Khapri, Post Jewra Sirsa, Tehsil Durg, District- Durg (C.G.) 6 Khemlal Sahu S/o Manthir Sahu Aged About 64 Years Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil - Rajnandgaon, District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 7 Smt. Sukwaro Bai Sahu W/o Late Punaram Sahu Aged About 68 Years The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Anjora, Post Anjora, Tehsil - Rajnandgaon, District- Rajnandgaon (C.G.) 8 Ramendra Kumar Mishra S/o Dwarka Prasad Mishra Aged About 68 Years The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Dehri, Post Devkar, Tehsil Bemetara, District- Bemetara (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 2 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 3 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 4 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Distt.- Raipur (C.G.) 4 / 7 5 The Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division 1 Durg, Distt.- Durg (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 2038 of 2025 1 Khorbahara Nishad S/o Gwalram Nishad Aged About 63 Years The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o D G W, S No. 08, Canal Linking Road Shatinagar, Post Shantinagar, Tehsil Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 Jagatram Yadav S/o Sukaluram Yadav Aged About 67 Years The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Behind New Puraina Church, Telibandha, Ravigram, Tehsil Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 Jiwrakhan Yadav S/o Bisahu Yadav Aged About 62 Years The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Ward No. 12, Dheemarpara, Kota Raipur, Post Pt. Ravishankar University, Tehsil Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 2 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 3 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 5 / 7 4 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 5 The Senior Geohydrologist Divisional Ground Water Surveys Unit 08, Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) WPS No. 2040 of 2025 1 Smt. Tarni Bai (Legal Heir) W/o Late Radheshyam Verma Aged About 65 Years The Widow Of The Retired Work Charged Employee, R/o Village Darbarmokhli, Post Darbarmokhli, Tehsil Patan, District Durg (C.G.) ---Petitioner(s) Versus 1 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Chief Secretary, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 2 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 4 State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Finance, Accounts And Treasury, Govt. Of Chhattisgarh, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Dist. Raipur (C.G.) 6 / 7 5 The Executive Engineer, Tandula Water Resource Division, Durg, Dist. Durg (C.G.) --- Respondent(s) (Cause title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners For Respondents/ State : Mr. Anand Kumar Kujur, Advocate : Ms. Poorva Tiwari, Ms. Akanksha Verma, Ms. Nupur Trivedi and Shri Saumitra Kesharwani, Panel Lawyers (HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU) Order on Board 26/03/2025 1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claims of the Petitioners 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 Petitioners, they have made their respective claims in the light of the recent decision passed by this 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. 7 / 7
Decision
3. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons herein in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order. 4. With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petitions stand disposed off. Jyoti Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE