Ramjan Ansari v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 1571 of 2019 Ramjan Ansari S/o Nijamuddin Ansari Aged About 30 Years Presently Working As Up - Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat - Ranpurkhurd, Janpad Panchayat, Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh.

---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Collector, District Surguja Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh.

2. The Superintendent Of Police District Surguja Ambikapur, Chhattisgarh.,

3. The Station House Officer Police Station Kotwali, Ambikapur Chhattisgarh.,

4. Urs Sanchalak Board Anjuman Islahul Muslemin, Ambikapur Through Its General Secretary, Irfan Siddiqui, S/o Abdul Rasheed Siddiqui, Aged About 40 Years, R/o Sadar Road, Ambikapur, Police Station Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh

5. Afjaal S/o Mumtaj Aged About 45 Years R/o Sadar Road, Ambikapur, Police Station - Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh

6. Pikku Khan S/o Late Mukhtar Khan Aged About 35 Years R/o Sadar Road, Ambikapur, Police Station - Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh

7. Rizwan S/o Ehsanulla Siddiqui Aged About 35 Years R/o Sadar Road, Ambikapur, Police Station - Ambikapur, District Surguja Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner :

Mr. Sushil Dubey, Advocate For State :

Mr. Sudeep Verma, Dy. G.A.

----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order On Board 30.04.2019 Heard

1. The present petition is filed seeking direction to the Respondents Collector and Superintendent of Police to provide necessary protection from the private persons i.e. Respondents No. 4 to 7, wherein Respondents No. 5 to 7 are the members of Urs Sanchalak Board who are collecting huge money from the shopkeepers on the occasion of Urs festival by arm twisting method and the persons those who do not pay, are subjected to assault.

2. It is submitted that the petitioner has made several complaints to the Collector and SP but they have turned deaf ear. Therefore, the Collector and SP may be directed to conduct the enquiry and provide all necessary police protection at the venue when the Urs is being celebrated so as to avoid any untoward incident. It is stated that the Urs is going to start from 1st of May, 2019 to 3rd of May, 2019.

3. Perused the documents filed along with the petition. The nature of the reliefs which are claimed, do not prejudice to any person. It is obvious that it is the duty of the State Administration to ensure the celebration of any festival of the like nature, The Urs herein, is done peacefully without any hindrance and the private persons may not reap the harvest for benefit of their own in the name of festival.

4. Since the Urs is going to be performed from 01.05.2019 to 03.05.2019, it is directed that the Superintendent of Police shall provide all security and make all necessary police arrangements so that the Urs is performed without any further hooliganism or undue recovery by arm twisting method from any person. It is further directed that in order to avoid any dispute, the necessary police protection should be provided and the Collector subsequent to the Urs shall conduct the enquiry on the complaint made by the petitioner and shall also ensure that recovery by force may not take place at the behest of private persons, whosoever may be, or anyone in the name of celebration of Urs.

5. With such observations, the petition stands disposed of.

6. Certified copy today.

Sd/- ( Goutam Bhaduri ) Judge Vishakha