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Smt. Ram Kunwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC1 Mar 2026WPS/2184/2026

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What is this about?

Leave encashment; Work Charged employees; Contingency Paid employees; retirement benefits; representation to be decided within three months; reliance on Faguvaram Patel, W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 (decided 30.09.2022); Public Works Department, Government of Chhattisgarh; writ disposed of without merits adjudication; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; WPS No. 2184 of 2026; Parth Prateem Sahu, J.; order dated 02/03/2026.

What did the court decide?

Liberty to petitioners to submit fresh representations; respondents to consider and decide the claim in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within three months of receipt of the representation, keeping in mind the decision in Faguvaram Patel (supra). ¶26

Smt. Ram Kunwar Yadav Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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2026:CGHC:10733

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WPS No. 2184 of 2026

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1 - Smt. Ram Kunwar Yadav W/o Itwari Yadav Aged About 66 Years R/o H. N. 146, Ward No. 5, Kawardha Dist- Kabirdham (C.G.)

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2 - Kaliya Bai W/o Late Sukhdev Aged About 48 Years R/o Ward No. 6, Rajnawagaon Kawardha District- Kabirdham (C.G.)

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... Petitioner(s)

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Versus

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1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary Department Of Public Works Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya Atal Nagar Naya Raipur, Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.)

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2 - Engineer In Chief Department Of Public Works Nirman Bhawan North Block- Naya Raipur Tahsil And District- Raipur (C.G.)

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3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department (E/m, Sub Division Raipur District- Raipur (C.G.)

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4 - Superintending Engineer Public Works Department Division Durg Tahsil And District- Durg (C.G.)

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5 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Division Kawardha Tahsil And District- Kabirdham (C.G.)

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6 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pension Durg DistrictDurg (C.G.)

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... Respondent(s)

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For Petitioners : Mr. Mayank Chandrakar, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Siddhant Sharma, P.L.

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Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge

ORDER ON BOARD

02/03/2026

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1. Learned counsel for petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, is entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. Identical issue came up for hearing before this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. vs. State of C.G., in W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022 , wherein petitioners therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time.

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2. Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and is only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, he is having no objection.

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3. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record.

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4. Taking into consideration, the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh representations. In the event, petitioners submits representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra) .

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5. Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions.

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Sd/(Parth Prateem Sahu) JUDGE

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Saurabh

Smt. Ram Kunwar Yadav v. State of Chhattisgarh

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