Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur (Single Bench, Parth Prateem Sahu, J.), WPS No. 3162 of 2026, decided 13/04/2026 (Neutral Citation: 2026:CGHC:16776). Petitioner Sunita Yadav, legal heir of late Smt. Visun Bai Yadav (Mechanical Helper, PWD (E&M) Division Ambikapur), claimed leave encashment benefits after retirement as a Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employee. Petition not pressed on merits; disposed of with liberty to file a fresh representation, to be decided within three months in light of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. v. State of C.G., W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 (decided 30.09.2022), which dealt with an identical issue. Counsel: Mr. Prabhu Lal for petitioner; Mr. Aditya Tiwari, Panel Lawyer, for respondents-State. Keywords: leave encashment; work charged employee; contingency paid employee; representation; PWD Chhattisgarh.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh representation; respondents to consider and decide her leave encashment claim in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within three months from receipt of the representation, keeping in mind the decision in Faguvaram Patel (supra).