Gangadhar v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 4019 of 2021 • Gangadhar S/o Bhagirathi Aged About 68 Years Resident Of Village Chandli, Tehsil Dabhra, District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh. ---- Petitioner

Versus

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management , Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Raipur , District Raipru Chhattisgarh.

2. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Water Resource, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan Raipur , District Raipur Chhattisgarh.

3. Collector Janjgir Champa District Janjgir Champa Chhattisgarh.

4. Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Dabhra District Jangir Champa Chhattisgarh.

---- Respondents ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner :

Shri Surfaraj Khan, Advocate For Respondent :

Ms. Astha Shukla, P.L.

Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order on Board 07.10.2021 Heard

1. Limited prayer of the petitioner is that award was passed on 02.07.2021 in Land Acquisition case but certain mistake was committed while passing the award under Right to Fair Compensation and Transparency in Land Acquisition Rehabilitation and Resettlement Act, 2013 ( for short Act of 2013) therefore the petitioner has filed application before the SDO vide Annexure P-

2 as he is the person authorized to perform the power of the Collector, therefore the petitioner prays that SDO may be directed to decide the application preferred by the petitioner.

2. Perused the documents.

3. Without any observation on the merits of the case, if the SDO is vested with the power of Collector under Section 33 of the Act of 2013, then in such case, the SDO is directed to decide the application of the petitioner within a reasonable time.

4. With the aforesaid observation, the petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) Jyoti Judge