Prabhat Kumar v. Digesh Patel
Case brief
What is this about?
CONT No. 857 of 2024, High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas, order dated 06/11/2024, contempt petition disposed of; contemnor Digesh Patel, SDO cum Land Acquisition Officer (Revenue), Dharamjaigarh, Raigarh; other respondents Hemant Sharad Pandey (Area GM, Raigarh Area) and Ajay Kumar Chaubey (Sub Area Manager, Chhal); petitioners Prabhat Kumar, Mohan Singh, Petram and Bhushan Singh Rathia of Village Lat, Tahsil Dharamjaigarh; SECL-deposited land-acquisition compensation to be disbursed to land owners within 7 days of receipt of order copy; additional compensation payable on receipt of requisitioned amount; counsel Sajal Kumar Gupta (petitioners), Pankaj Singh and Pramod Shrivastava (respondents).
What did the court decide?
Disbursal of the compensation amounts received from SECL to the petitioner land owners within 7 days of receipt of the order copy; petitioners' counsel to forward the order copy to the respondents for making payment, including the additional compensation on receipt of the requisitioned amount.