Chhattisgarh High Court
WPS/7402/2026 of BILTA RAM Vs STATE OF CHHATTISGARH on 8 October 2026
2026:CGHC:43919 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7402 of 2026 1 - Bilta Ram S/o Hirasaya Panika Aged About 51 Years Retired In Charge Watchman R/o Namdev Para, Ambikapur, Distt- Ambikapur Surguja (C.G.) 2 - Surendra Prasad Gupta S/o Ram Vriksh Gupta Aged About 62 Years
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2026:CGHC:43919
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WPS No. 7402 of 2026
1 - Bilta Ram S/o Hirasaya Panika Aged About 51 Years Retired In Charge Watchman R/o Namdev Para, Ambikapur, Distt- Ambikapur Surguja (C.G.)
2 - Surendra Prasad Gupta S/o Ram Vriksh Gupta Aged About 62 Years R/o Guru Ghasi Das Ward Bhatti Road Kedarpur Distt- Ambikapur Surguja (C.G.)
3 - Kevla Devi W/o Jagat Mourya Aged About 59 Years R/o Kena Bandh Bouri Para, Ambikapur, Distt- Ambikapur Surguja (C.G.)
... Petitioners
versus
1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, General Administration Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, Distt- Raipur (C.G.)
2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Health Engineering Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, Distt- Raipur
(C.G.)
3 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Finance Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, Distt- Raipur
(C.G.)
4 - The Engineer In Chief, Public Health Engineering Department, Tehsil And Distt- Raipur (C.G.)
5 -The Superintendent Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja (C.G.)
6 - The Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja (C.G.)
7 - The Executive Engineer, Public Health Engineering Department, Surajpur Distt- Surajpur (C.G.)
... Respondents
For Petitioners
:
Shri Aman Upadhyay, Advocate.
For
Respondent/State
:
Ms. Sakshi Bajpai, PL.
SB: Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Order on Board 09/10/2026
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1. By the present writ petition, the petitioners are seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claim 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 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 30.09.2022, 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 20.06.2023.
3. Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claim of similarly placed person 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 Petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) Judge
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