Tonkodhar Kumhar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: leave encashment; work-charged employees; contingency paid employees; Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; retirement dues; similarly placed employees; 120-day compliance direction; disposal following precedent; Faguvaram Patel; W.P.(S) No.3870/2021; W.A. No.119/2023. Single-judge disposal of a writ petition by direction to process leave encashment claims per an earlier Division Bench-affirmed High Court decision.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the respondent authorities to process the petitioner's leave encashment claim, and that of all similarly placed persons, in light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023), within an outer limit of 120 days from receipt of the copy of the Order. ¶23