Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, WPS No. 439 of 2026, order dated 19/01/2026 by Parth Prateem Sahu, J. (single Bench). Petitioner Onkar Prasad Dewangan, aged 63, retired Work Charged and Contingency Paid employee, sought leave encashment from State of Chhattisgarh (Water Resources Department) and project/divisional officers. Counsel: Rakesh Kumar Sahu for petitioner; Aditya Tiwari, Panel Lawyer for Respondent-State. Identical issue earlier allowed in Faguvaram Patel v. State of C.G., W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 (30.09.2022); petition disposed of with direction to decide fresh representation within three months in light of that decision. Keywords: leave encashment, work charged employees, contingency paid, retirement benefits, representation, three months, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to submit a fresh representation regarding his leave encashment claim; respondents to consider and decide the claim in accordance with law, preferably within three months of receipt of the representation, keeping in mind the decision in Faguvaram Patel (supra).