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Smt. Anita Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC11 Jun 2025WPS/3871/2025

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What is this about?

Leave encashment; Chhattisgarh Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; Water Resources Department employees; similarly placed persons; verification of records; 120-day time-bound direction; reliance on Faguvaram Patel (W.P.(S) No.3870/2021, decided 30-09-2022) affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023 (20-06-2023); writ petition disposed of with direction; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.; WPS No. 3871 of 2025.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons (including the petitioners) for leave encashment, subject to verification of their records and in light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021, within an outer limit of 120 days from receipt of a copy of the order. ¶32

Smt. Anita Sahu Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent authorities should be directed to consider the petitioners' claims for grant of leave encashment under the Chhattisgarh Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977, in the light of the decision in Faguvaram Patel (W.P.(S) No.3870/2021) as affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023.

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Court's answer

The respondent authorities were directed to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons, including the petitioners, subject to verification of their records and in the light of the aforesaid decision of this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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Ratio / Principle

With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

WPS No. 3871 of 2025 (High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, J.; 12-06-2025): Four petitioners — two widows of deceased employees and two retired employees who served in offices of the Water Resources Department — sought a direction to the respondent authorities to consider their claims for grant of leave encashment in terms of the Chhattisgarh Work Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977, relying on the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others), decided 30-09-2022, which stood affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided 20-06-2023. Disposing of the petition, the Court directed the respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons, subject to verification of their records and in the light of the aforesaid decision on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

2025:CGHC:23638

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WPS No. 3871 of 2025

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1 - Smt. Anita Sahu W/o Late Basant Kumar Sahu, Aged About 50 Years, R/o Village Parsada (Bharni), Police Station - Sakri, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) Husband of Petitioner was Posted as Helper at Office of S.D.O. Minimata Bango Nahar Sub Division No.17, Bilaspur Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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2 - Smt. Bhukhin Bai Kaiwartya W/o Late Dhaniram Kaiwartya, Aged About 53 Years, R/o Village Okhar Post Pachpedi District - Bilaspur (C.G.) Husband of Petitioner was Posted as Kushal Sahayak at Office of S.D.O. Ghongha Shirsh Karya Sub Division Kota, Water Resources Department, District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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3 - Ishwar Lal Yadav S/o Late Awadh Ram Yadav, Aged About 73 Years, Retired Sthal Sahayak Posted at Office of S.D.O. Jal Sansadhan Survekshan Sub Division Bilaspur Water Resources Department, District - Bilaspur (C.G.) R/o Near Sao Dharamshala, Juna Bilaspur, Behind Putri Shala, Bilaspur, Police Station City Kotwali, District - Bilasupr (C.G.)

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4 - Patar Sai S/o Late Pokla Ram, Aged About 68 Years, Retired Chowkidar Posted at Office of S.D.O. (E and M) Light Machinery Nalkoop and Gate Sub Division Ambikapur Water Resources Department, District - Surguja (C.G.) R/o Village Belkona Post Sihar P.S. and Tahsil Shankargarh District - Surguja (C.G.)

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... Petitioners

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versus

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1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department of Water Resources Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, New Raipur District - Raipur (C.G.)

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2 - Engineer In Chief, Water Resources, Department Sihawa Bhawan New Raipur, District - Raipur (C.G.)

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3 - Chief Engineer, Department of Water Resources Hasdeo Kachhar Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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Digitally signed by MOHAMMAD AADIL KHAN

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4 - Chief Engineer Hasdeo Ganga Kachhar Department of Water Resources Ambikapur District - Surguaj (C.G.)

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5 - Executive Engineer Kharang Jal Sanshadhan Division, Water Resources Department, District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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6 - Executive Engineer Hasdev Nahar Jal Prabandh Division, Janjgir, Water Resources Department, District - Janjgir - Champa (C.G.)

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7 - Executive Engineer Jal Sansadhan Division Kota, Water Resources Department District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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8 - Executive Engineer Jal Sanshadhan Division Baikunthpur Water Resources Department, District - Koriya (C.G.)

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9 - Joint Director, Pension and Account Treasury Department Bilaspur Division, District - Bilaspur (C.G.)

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... Respondents

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(Cause-title taken from Case Information System)

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For Petitioners : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Anmol Sharma, Panel Lawyer. Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board

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12-06-2025

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By the present 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.

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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 30-09-2022, 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.

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Given the said facts, the present Writ Petition is disposed of at this juncture,

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directing the Respondent Authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons herein subject to verification of their record in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subjectmatter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order.

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With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of.

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(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal)

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Judge

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