Chhabi Ram Sahu v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
WPS No. 4348 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 16/05/2026 by Bibhu Datta Guru, J. Petitioners: retired chowkidar/labour employees (Chhabi Ram Sahu, Basant Sahu, Satvantin Bai, Rameshar Sahu, Uderam Yadav) against State of Chhattisgarh, Water Resource Department officials. Subject: leave encashment under the Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. Relied on W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others) decided 30.9.2022, affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023 (20.6.2023). Disposed of with direction to process claims of all similarly placed persons within 120 days. Keywords: leave encashment, work-charged employees, contingency paid employees, similarly placed persons, 120 days.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the leave encashment claims of all similarly placed persons in the light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the Order.