Rakesh Kumar Patre v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Leave encashment; work-charged/contingency paid employees; Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; Public Works Department; State of Chhattisgarh; similarly placed employees; direction to process claims within 120 days; precedent relied upon: W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others, decided 30.9.2022), affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023 (decided 20.6.2023); writ petition disposed of, not adjudicated afresh.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons in 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. ¶¶4