Rajkumar Suryawanshi vs State Of Chhattisgarh
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Rajkumar Suryawanshi vs State Of Chhattisgarh on 23 June, 2025

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                                                                              2025:CGHC:27105

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                HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

                                         WPS No. 5690 of 2025

Rajkumar Suryawanshi S/o Late Jhadiram Aged About 63 Years Resident Ward No.
20, Near Shiv Mandir, Birkona Tehsil And District Bilaspur C.G. 495009
                                                                     ... Petitioner(s)

                                                    versus

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

2 - Engineer In Chief Pwd, Nirman Bhawan, North Block, Sector - 19, Capital
Complex, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, Dist. Raipur 492002

3 - Chief Engineer Public Works Department, Office Front Of District Court, Bilaspur
Chhattisgarh.

4 - Superintending Engineer Public Works Department Bilaspur Circle, Office Front Of
District Court, Bilaspur Chhattisgarh.

5 - Executive Engineer Public Works Department Block No. 1 Bilaspur, Office District
Court Area, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh.

6 - Collector Bilaspur, Collectorate, Bilaspur, District Bilaspur (C.G.)

7 - Divisional Joint Director Treasury Accounts And Pensions - Bilaspur Division,
Bilaspur District Bilaspur (C.G.).                              ...Respondents

                                     (Cause title is taken from the CIS)
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For Petitioner                                         : Shri Apurva Verma, Advocate
For Respondents/State                                  : Shri Ajit Singh, GA

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Hon'ble Shri Justice Ravindra Kumar Agrawal Order on Board 23.06.2025

1. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that petitioner is retired

employee of the Public Works Department, and was working as Work Charged

Contingency paid employee. It is further submitted that in light of judgment passed Wps 5690 of 2025

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 petitioner is also entitled for leave encashment.

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

filed by the petitioner, and it is also not reflected as to whether the petitioner has

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 petitioner 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 his/her claim. In that event, on due verification, if the petitioner is found

to be similarly situated person as in the case of Faguvaram Patel (supra), his/her

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