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Tushar Kant Swarnwanshi v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC21 Jul 2026WPS/5489/2026

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What is this about?

Leave encashment; Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977; work-charged/contingency paid employees; Public Works Department; State of Chhattisgarh; direction to process claims of similarly placed persons within 120 days; Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others; W.P.(S) No.3870/2021; W.A. No.119/2023; WPS No. 5489 of 2026; disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons in the light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others), within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. ¶25

Tushar Kant Swarnwanshi Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Chhattisgarh HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondent authorities should be directed to consider the petitioner's claim for grant of leave encashment in terms of the Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977, in the light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others).

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Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons in the light of the decision in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others), within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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Writ Petition (S) under the writ jurisdiction of the High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur seeking an appropriate direction to the Public Works Department authorities (State of Chhattisgarh and its Chief Engineer and Executive Engineer, Kanker) to consider the petitioner's claim for grant of leave encashment in terms of the Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977. The petitioner placed reliance on W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 (Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others), decided on 30.9.2022, wherein a similar claim was allowed, and which was affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20.6.2023. Held (Bibhu Datta Guru, J.): the writ petition was disposed of with a direction to the respondent authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed persons in the light of the said decision, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.

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CGHC010278732026

2026:CGHC:31110

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WPS No. 5489 of 2026

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Tushar Kant Swarnwanshi S/o Late Bhuneshwar Lal Aged About 75 Years R/o Ward No. 05, Gandhi Chowk, Narahapur, Thana And Tahsil - Narharpur, District North Baster Kanker Chhattisgarh

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... Petitioner(s)

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Digitally signed by JYOTI JYOTI SHARMA SHARMA Date: 2026.07.23 11:21:50 +0530

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versus

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

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2. The Chief Engineer Public Works Department (B And R), Division Kanker, District North Baster Kanker Chhattisgarh

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3. The Executive Engineer Public Works Department (B And R), District North Baster Kanker Chhattisgarh

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... Respondent(s)

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(Cause title is taken from Case Information System)

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For Petitioner	: Mr. Manoj Chauhan, Advocate
For Respondents/	: Ms. Poorva Tiwari, P.L.
State

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(HON’BLE SHRI JUSTICE BIBHU DATTA GURU)

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Order on Board

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22/07/2026

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By the present writ petition, the petitioner is seeking for issuance of an appropriate direction to the Respondent authorities for considering the claim of the Petitioner for grant of leave

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encashment in terms of the provisions of the Chhattisgarh WorkCharged/Contingency Paid Employees Leave Rules, 1977.

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According to the petitioner, she has made her claim in the light of the recent decision passed by this Court in W.P.(S) No.3870/2021 ( Faguvaram Patel & Others Vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others ) decided on 30.9.2022, wherein similar claim of the petitioner therein has been allowed. The said decision also stands affirmed by the Division Bench in W.A. No.119/2023, decided on 20.6.2023.

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Given the said facts, the present writ petition is disposed of at this juncture, directing the respondent Authorities to immediately process the claims of all similarly placed person herein in the light of the aforesaid decision passed by this Court on the same subject-matter, within an outer limit of 120 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this Order.

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With the aforesaid direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of.

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Sd/- (BIBHU DATTA GURU) JUDGE

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Jyoti

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