Gram Panchayat Chhatouna v. State Of Chhattisgarh
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1311 of 2021
1. Gram Panchayat Chhatouna, Through Sarpanch Rabin Lal, S/o. Rajesh Lal, Aged About 35 Years, Gram Panchayat Chhatouna, Tehsil And District Mungeli Chhattisgarh
2. Durga Nishad, W/o. Ajay Nishad, Aged About 22 Years, R/o. Buchawa Kapa, District Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh ---- Petitioners
Versus
1. State Of Chhattisgarh, Through Collector Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
2. Tahsildar Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
3. Assistant Superintendent Of Land Records Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
4. Revenue Inspector Najul, District Office Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
5. Revenue Inspector Diversion Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
6. Revenue Inspector Jorahagaon, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
7. Revenue Inspector Dhormpur, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
8. Patwari Jarahgaon, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh
9. Rajendra Jaiswal, S/o. Amarnath Jaiswal, R/o. Village And Post Jarahagaon, Tehsil Mungeli, District Mungeli Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :
Shri Awadh Tripathi, Advocate For State :
Shri Amrito Das, Addl. A.G.
Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 04.03.2021 Heard
1. Learned counsel for the petitioner would submit that the land bearing Khasra No.246/2 belong to the respondent No.9 was situated at Bank of the river according to the demarcation report of 1998. It is submitted that recently the respondent No.9 with the connivance with the Patwari & Revenue Inspector has shifted the venue of the said land and made it adjacent to the Mungeli-Bilaspur road. Thereby, the whole identity of
the land is changed despite the fact the earlier demarcation of 1998 still exists. He further submits that the petitioner has made an application to the Collector as the land belong to the Gram Panchayat by Annexure P-2 on 26.11.2020 and the Collector may take note of it and may exercise the statutory power apart from the fact that the petitioner may also give the liberty to challenge the order.
2. Considering the earlier demarcation report of 1998 which is placed on record and also the recent demarcation report, the Collector Mungeli is directed to take into account both the demarcation and decide the application of the petitioner, in accordance with law.
3. With the aforesaid observation, the petition stands disposed off. Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) Judge Aks