Murlidhar Thakur vs State Of Chhattisgarh
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Murlidhar Thakur vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 18 June, 2025

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                                                                                          Date: 2025.06.19
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                                                                              2025:CGHC:25510

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                HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

                                         WPS No. 4996 of 2025

1 - Murlidhar Thakur S/o Mathura Thakur Aged About 63 Years Retired Time Keeper
From Office Of Executive Engineer, Water Resource Division No. 1 Ambikapur, R/o
Mahamaya Para, Sitapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh.

2 - Smt. Giramaniya Devi W/o Late Lal Say Ram Aged About 53 Years (Retired
Choukidar From Office Of Executive Engineer E And M Light Machinery Tubewell And
Gate Division Sakri Bilaspur) R/o Mandal Para, Subhash Nagar Ambikapur, District
Surguja, Chhattisgarh.
                                                                  ... Petitioner(s)

                                                    versus

1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Water Resource Department,
Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nawa Raipur, District Raipur, Chhattisgarh.

2 - Chief Engineer Hasdev Ganga Kachhar, Water Resource Department, Ambikapur,
District Surguja, Chhattisgarh.

3 - Chief Engineer Hasdev Kachhar, Water Resource Department, Bilaspur, District
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

4 - Executive Engineer Water Resource Division No. 1, Ambikapur, District Surguja,
Chhattisgarh.

5 - Executive Engineer E And M Light Machinery Tubewell And Gate Division Sakri
Bilaspur, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.
                                                                  ... Respondents
                              (Cause title is taken from the CIS)
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For Petitioners : Shri Swapnil Keshari, and Shri Akash Singh, Advocates For Respondents/State : Shri Akhilesh Kumar, GA

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Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 18.06.2025

1. Learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that petitioners are retired

employees of the Water Resource Department, and were working as Work Charged Wps 4996 of 2025

Contingency paid employees. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed

by this Court in WPS-3870 of 2021 (Faguvaram Patel, and others Vs State of

Chhattisgarh and others), and other connected matters, decided on 30.09.2022,

present petitioners are also entitled for leave encashment.

2. Learned State counsel would submit that sufficient documents have not been

filed by the petitioners, and it is also not reflected as to whether the petitioners have

completed the minimum service to avail the benefit of leave encashment.

3. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents on record.

4. Be that as it may, without commenting anything on merits of the case, this

petition is disposed of giving liberty to the petitioners to make a detailed

representation before the concerned respondent/ competent authority within a period

of 30 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order with all necessary documents

to substantiate their claim. In that event, on due verification, if the petitioners are

found to be similarly situated persons as in the case of Faguvaram Patel (supra),

their claim shall be decided by the respondents in light of judgment passed in that

case expeditiously, preferably within a period of 90 days from the date of submission

of the said representation.

5. Accordingly, petition stands disposed of with aforesaid observation and

direction.

Sd/-

(Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) JUDGE padma