Jagannath Tiwari v. State of Chhattisgarh
Service law – leave encashment – work-charged/contingency paid employee
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court at Bilaspur; WPS No. 5438 of 2026; Jagannath Tiwari (retired pump operator, Water Resource Division Baikunthpur) v. State of Chhattisgarh and others; leave encashment; Chhattisgarh Work-Charged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; mandamus to process claim of similarly placed persons per W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel), affirmed in W.A. No.119/2023; 120-day compliance timeline; petition disposed of by single judge (Bibhu Datta Guru, J.) on 17.07.2026.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent authorities to process the petitioner's leave encashment claim (and that of similarly placed persons) in light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021, within an outer limit of 120 days from receipt of copy of the Order. ¶28