Smt. Anita Bhagat v. State of Chhattisgarh
Leave encashment – Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977
Case brief
What is this about?
WPS No. 3969 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 08/05/2026, Justice Bibhu Datta Guru (Single Bench). Petitioner Smt. Anita Bhagat, widow/legal heir of Late Shobhnath Ram Bhagat (work-charged helper, PHE Division Jashpur), sought leave encashment under the Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977 citing Faguvaram Patel v. State of Chhattisgarh (W.P.(S) No.3870/2021, decided 30.9.2022), affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023 (decided 20.6.2023). Petition disposed of with direction to PHE authorities (State, Engineer-in-Chief, Chief Engineer, Executive Engineer Jashpur, Joint Director Treasury Ambikapur) to process the claim within 120 days. Keywords: leave encashment, work-charged employees, contingency paid employees, legal heirs, PHE Department, Chhattisgarh, 120 days.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the petitioner's claim for leave encashment in the 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.