Gorakh Nath Tiwari v. State of Chhattisgarh
Service Law – Leave encashment – Work-charged/contingency paid employees
Case brief
What is this about?
WPS No. 5236 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 10/07/2026 by Hon'ble Shri Justice Bibhu Datta Guru. Gorakh Nath Tiwari v. State of Chhattisgarh & Others. Keywords: leave encashment; work-charged employees; contingency paid employees; Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; Water Resources Department; Manendragarh; Faguvaram Patel; W.P.(S) No.3870/2021; W.A. No.119/2023; direction to process claim within 120 days; writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Respondent authorities to immediately process the Petitioner's leave encashment claim in the 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 a copy of the Order. ¶25