The Single Judge High Court of Chhattisgarh allowed a writ petition challenging election notices to Panches. The present intra-court appeal was dismissed as infructuous because the matter was already decided in a prior appeal filed by the State.
Present appeal dismissed as being infructuous.
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2025:CGHC:8793-DB
NAFR
HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
WA No. 111 of 2025
1. Smt. Lalita Patel W/o Shri Ramavatar Patel Aged About 32 Years Panch of Ward No. 02, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
2. Sanjay Nirmalkar S/o Shri Sukhdev Nirmalkar Aged About 35 Years Panch Of Ward No. 20, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
3. Smt. Kumari Bai Sahu W/o Shri Baliram Sahu Aged About 33 Years Panch Of Ward No. 16, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
4. Durpat Dhuri S/o Shri Jehuram Dhuri Aged About 34 Years Panch of Ward No. 11, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
5. Purushottam Yadav S/o Late Janakram Yadav Aged About 37 Years Panch Of Ward No. 10, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
6. Shekh Jainul S/o Late Sheikh Ajeej Aged About 35 Years Panch Of Ward No. 07, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
7. Ramesh Dhuri S/o Late Shri Laxman Dhuri Aged About 33 Years Panch Of Ward No. 18, Brela Gram Panchayat, Village Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
... Appellant(s)
versus
Digitally signed byBRIJMOHAN 1. Krishnakumar Yadav S/o Banshilal Yadav Aged About 46 Years BRIJMOHAN MORLE MORLE Date: 2025.02.20 17:38:52 Elected Sarpanch of Brela Panchayat, Village Brela, District +0530 Mungeli (C.G.)
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2. Smt. Krtika Dhuri W/o Hetram Dhuri Aged About 37 Years Elected Up Sarpanch of Brela Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
3. Vashudev Patel S/o Shri Mulchand Patel Aged About 34 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 01, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
4. Babulal Patel S/o Shri Avadh Ram Patel Aged About 44 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 03, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
5. Smt. Jamuna Bai Patel W/o Shri Jiv Rakhan Patel Aged About 46 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 04, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
6. Pawan Kumar Patel S/o Shri Chandra Lal Patel Aged About 52 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 05, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
7. Jiv Rakhan Patel S/o Shri Chandra Lal Patel Aged About 49 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 06, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
8. Smt. Rekha Dhuri W/o Shri Samaru Dhuri Aged About 30 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 15, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
9. Surendra Agrawal S/o Shri Keshar Dev Agrawal Aged About 47 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 17, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
10. Smt. Priya Gupta W/o Shri Ram Kumar Gupta Aged About 34 Years Elected Panch of Ward No. 19, Brela Village Panchayat, Village Brela, District- Mungeli (C.G.)
11. State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Government of Chhattisgarh, Department of Urban Administration And Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.)
12. The Director Directorate of Urban Administration and Development, Indravati Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.)
13. The Collector Mungeli, District Mungeli (C.G.)
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14. Nagar Panchayat Brela Through Its Chief Municipal OfÏcer, Nagar Panchayat Brela, District Mungeli (C.G.)
... Respondent(s)
For Appellants For Respondent/State
: Mr. Siddhant Kumar Das, Advocate. : Mr. Yashwant Singh Thakur, Additional Advocate General.
Hon'ble Shri Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice
Hon'ble Shri Ravindra Kumar Agrawal, Judge Judgment on Board
Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice
20.02.2025
1. Heard Mr. Siddhant Kumar Das, learned counsel for the appellants. Also heard Mr. Yashwant Singh Thakur, learned Additional Advocate General, appearing for the State.
2. The present intra Court appeal has been filed by the appellants against the order dated 05.09.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in WPC No. 3789 of 2024 ( Krishnakumar Yadav & Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh & Others ), whereby the learned Single Judge has allowed the writ petition filed by the respondents No. 1 to 10/writ petitioners herein.
3. Learned counsel for the appellants submits that the present appeal has become infructuous, as the issue involved in the present appeal has already been dealt with by this Court in WA No. 94 of 2025, which was allowed on 07.02.2025.
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4. Learned State counsel also endorses the said submission made by the learned counsel for the appellants.
5. In view of the submission made by the learned counsel for the appellants, the present appeal is dismissed as having rendered infructuous .
Sd/- Sd/- (Ravindra Kumar Agrawal) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice
Brijmohan
Smt. Lalita Patel
Sanjay Nirmalkar
Smt. Kumari Bai Sahu
Durpat Dhuri
Purushottam Yadav
Shekh Jainul
Ramesh Sinha
Ravindra Kumar Agrawal
As recorded by the court registry
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