Chhattisgarh High Court
WPS/7376/2026 of CHHEDILAL GADA Vs THE STATE OF CHHATTISGARH on 8 October 2026
2026:CGHC:43898
2026:CGHC:43898 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPS No. 7376 of 2026 1 - Chhedilal Gada S/o Ramnath Gada Aged About 63 Years Retired From The Post Of Watchman, R/o Village Sonthi, Piparda, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 2 - Rajkumar Kashyap S/o Shrikala Singh Kashyap
CGHC010397372026
2026:CGHC:43898
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WPS No. 7376 of 2026
1 - Chhedilal Gada S/o Ramnath Gada Aged About 63 Years Retired From The Post Of Watchman, R/o Village Sonthi, Piparda, District Janjgir-Champa Chhattisgarh 2 - Rajkumar Kashyap S/o Shrikala Singh Kashyap Aged About 62
Years Retired From The Post Of Skilled Assistant, R/o Ward No. 8
Dhanwar Para, P.O. Kapan Tahsil Akaltara, District Janjgir Champa
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... Petitioner
versus
1 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Water Resource Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt - Raipur
Chhattisgarh
2 - Engineer In Chief, Water Resource Department, Shivnath Bhawan, Sector 19, Nava Raipur, Distt Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Engineer, Mini Mata Hasdeo Bango Project, Water Resource Department, Distt - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - Superintendent Engineer, Hasdeo Project Division, Water Resource Department, Rampur, Korba, Distt - Korba Chhattisgarh 5 - Executive Engineer, Hasdeo Canal Water Management Division,
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Water Resource Department, Janjgir, District Janjgir-Champa
Chhattisgarh
6 - District Treasury Officer, District Treasury Office, Janjgir District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh
... Respondents
(Cause title is taken from Case Information System)
For Petitioner
: Mr. Satish Gupta, Advocate
For Respondents/ State
: Ms. Apurva Nigam, Panel Lawyer
(Hon’ble Shri Justice
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
)
Order on Board
09/10/2026
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 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.
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 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 Petition stands disposed of.
Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal)
JUDGE Amardeep/ $. Bhilwar
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