Kanhaiya Lal Dhruv v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Leave encashment; Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees; retired employees' monetary benefits; disposal without adjudication on merits; direction to decide representation within three months; reliance on Faguvaram Patel & Ors. vs. State of C.G., W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 (decided 30.09.2022); Water Resource Department, Government of Chhattisgarh; petitioners from Gariyaband district; WPS No. 14084 of 2025; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge; order dated 02/01/2026.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to submit a fresh representation; respondents directed to consider and decide the petitioners' leave encashment claim in accordance with law, preferably within three months of receipt of the representation, keeping in mind the decision in Faguvaram Patel (supra). Merits of the claim were not adjudicated.