Rammani Pandey v. State Of Chhattisgarh

NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR Writ Petition (C) No. 1936 of 2020 Rammani Pandey S/o Late Kameshwar Kumar Pandey, Aged About 57 Years, R/o Pathariya, Police Station & Tahsil Pathariya, District Mungeli Chhattisgarh. Mobile No. 9981722090 ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Revenue, Mantralaya, Atal Nagar Raipur, Tahsil And District Raipur, Chhattisgarh

2. Collector Mungeli, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh

3. Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Pathariya, District Mungeli Chhattisgarh

4. Tahsildar Pathariya, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh

5. Patwari Halka No. 7, Revenue Circle & Tahsil Pathariya, District Mungeli, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents For Petitioner :

Mr. Ratnesh Kumar Agrawal, Advocate For State :

Mr. Mateen Siddiqui, Addl. Advocate General Hon'ble Shri Justice P. Sam Koshy Order On Board 15.09.2020

1. The grievance of the petitioner in the present writ petition seems to be the erroneous entry made in the revenue record showing the land over which according to the petitioner he has Bhumi Swami right as "Charai" land and "Govt. Lease and Non-transferable" land.

2. The dispute seems to be in respect of the property situated in Khasra no.184 measuring 0.30 acre, Khasra no.186/1 measuring 3.28 acre,

Khasra no.187/3x measuring 0.60 acre, Khasra no. 188 measuring 3.85 acre, Khasra no. 193 measuring 2.22 acre & Khasra no. 214/2 measuring 0.86 acre which has been entered in the revenue record as "Charai" and "Govt. Lease and Non-transferable" land.

3. According to the petitioner, the property originally stood in the name of the original owner namely Abdul Rasid Khan even before the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code was enacted. Subsequently, petitioner's father had purchased the said land from the successors of Abdul Rasid Khan and the petitioner has inherited the said land through family partition. According to the petitioner, recently he came to know that in the revenue record, wrong entry has been made and the said property has been reflected as "Aam Charai" and Govt. lease & nontransferable land.

4. Contention of the petitioner is that the entry so made is without any authority and law and without any notice or intimation given to the petitioner. It is this erroneous entry against which the present writ petition has been filed.

5. State counsel opposes the petition on the ground that the petitioner had an alternative remedy available under the Land Revenue Code by moving before the concerned revenue authorities for necessary correction. Second objection of the State counsel is that the petition is highly belated as the entry made in the revenue record would show that the same had been entered there for more than 3 decades ago and therefore at this juncture, the petitioner does not have any right to approach the High Court by way of present writ petition.

6. Be that as it may, since the dispute raised by the petitioner is one

which falls under the category of correction in the revenue record, the proper recourse available to the petitioner is to approach the revenue authorities in accordance with law.

7. Perusal of the record would show that the petitioner has already made a representation in this regard to the respondents 2 to 4. However, no further development has taken place.

8. Given the said facts, let the petitioner again approach the respondents 2 to 4 for ventilating his grievance who in turn would take an appropriate decision purely in accordance with the provisions of law at the earliest even if it is of advising to file an application in accordance to the Land Revenue Code.

9. Needless to mention that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case and the authorities concerned are expected to take a decision purely in accordance with law. Sd/- P. Sam Koshy Judge Khatai