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Ramkumar Soni v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC18 Jan 2026WPS/521/2026

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What is this about?

Leave encashment; Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees; post-retirement benefits; direction to decide representation within three months; petition not pressed on merits; relies on Faguvaram Patel & Ors. vs. State of C.G., W.P.(S) No. 3870 of 2021 (decided 30.09.2022); WPS No. 521 of 2026; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; single Judge Parth Prateem Sahu; order dated 19/01/2026; NAFR; advocates: Mr. Somkant Verma (petitioners), Mr. Aditya Tiwari (Respondent-State).

What did the court decide?

Permission to submit a fresh representation; respondents to consider and decide the petitioners' leave encashment claim in accordance with law expeditiously, preferably within three months of receipt of the representation, keeping in mind the decision in Faguvaram Patel (supra). ¶¶5

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2026:CGHC:2942

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PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WPS No. 521 of 2026

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NAFR

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Ramkumar Soni S/o Late Rameshwar Soni Aged About 70 Years R/o Ward No. 2, Manjhapar, Kanker, District - North Baster, Kanker Chhattisgarh

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Smt. Ankul Bai W/o Late Baratu Ram Aged About 65 Years R/o Village - Manhora, Sikosa, Block - Gundardehi, District - Durg Chhattisgarh

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Smt. Fool Bai W/o Late Kartik Ram Aged About 69 Years R/o Ward No. 13, Dornapal, District - Sukma, Chhattisgarh

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Banke Singh S/o Late Tuliya Ram Kujam Aged About 62 Years R/o Village - Kochwahi, Post And Thana - Narharpur, District North Baster, Kanker Chhattisgarh

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... Petitioners

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versus

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State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Public Works Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, New Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh

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The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, District North Baster Kanker Chhattisgarh

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The Executive Engineer Public Works Department, District - Sukma Chhattisgarh

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... Respondents

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For Petitioner : Mr. Somkant Verma, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Aditya Tiwari, Panel Lawyer

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Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge

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ORDER ON BOARD

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19/01/2026

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Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners who stood retired as Work Charged and Contingency Paid Employees, are entitled for leave encashment but till date respondents have not extended the benefit of leave encashment to petitioners. Identical issue came up for hearing before

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this Court in case of Faguvaram Patel & Ors. vs. State of C.G., in W.P.(S)

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No. 3870 of 2021 decided on 30.09.2022 , wherein petitioners therein have raised identical issue which was allowed in their favour. He submits that at this stage, petitioners may be permitted to submit representation in light of Faguvaram Patel (supra) and respondents be directed to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners expeditiously within specified time.

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Learned State counsel submits that as petitioners are not pressing this petition on merits and are only seeking a direction to decide the representation to be submitted by petitioners, he is having no objection.

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I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents available on record.

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Taking into consideration, the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioners, this petition is disposed of permitting petitioners to submit fresh representation. In the event, petitioners submit representation, their claim shall be considered and decided in accordance with law expeditiously preferably within a period of three months from the date of receipt of representation keeping in mind decision in case of Faguvaram Patel (supra) .

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Accordingly, this petition is disposed of with aforesaid observations and directions.

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Certified copy as per rules.

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Sd/-

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(Parth Prateem Sahu)

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JUDGE

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