Dismissed¶72

Gayatri Prasad Singh v. Union of India

Chhattisgarh HC18 Sept 2025WPC/147/2024

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Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPC No. 147 of 2024; 2025:CGHC:48313; Arvind Kumar Verma, J.; decided 19/09/2025; petitioners led by Gayatri Prasad Singh (62 petitioners) versus Union of India and Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd.; dismissal for want of prosecution on ground of complete non-appearance/non-representation of petitioners; purely procedural default dismissal — no merits, law or precedent adjudicated; marked NAFR (non-reportable); limited value beyond illustrating dismissal of writ petitions for want of prosecution.

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As no one appeared for the petitioners nor was there any representation on their behalf, the writ petition was dismissed for want of prosecution. ¶72

Gayatri Prasad Singh Vs Union of India — Chhattisgarh HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Digitally signed by GOPAL SINGH Date: 2025.09.22 18:02:48 +0530

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2025:CGHC:48313

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NAFR

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HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

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WPC No. 147 of 2024

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1 - Gayatri Prasad Singh S/o Late Shri Bihari Lal Singh, Aged About 58 Years R/o Qr. No. 7b, Street No. 77, Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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2 - Rajesh Kumar Pandey S/o Late Shri Lalta Prasad Pandey, Aged About 57 Years R/o Qr. No. 29/a, H..S.C.L. Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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3 - Ram Narayan Ram S/o Late Shri Ram, Aged About 63 Years R/o Qr. No. 10/b, H..S.C.L. Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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4 - Kamla Kant Dwivedi, S/o. Shri Chandra Shekhar Dwivedi, Aged About 58 Years R/o Qr. No. 10/l, Street No. 86, Sector -6, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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5 - Brijnath Choudhary, S/o. Shri Balkrishna Choudhary, Aged About 59 Years R/o Qr. No. 25/a, H..S.C.L. Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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6 - Gayartri Jaiswal, W/o Late Shri Sanjay Jaiswal, Aged About 52 Years R/o Qr. No. 44/b, H..S.C.L. Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh. 7 - Archana Rajak, W/o. Dadan Rajak, Aged About 45 Years R/o Qr. No. 45a, H..S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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8 - Poshan Kumar Markande, S/o Shri Tiju Ram Markande, Aged About 48 Years R/o Qr. No. 105a, H..S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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9 - Dilip Kumar Das S/o. Shri Gend Lal Das, Aged About 57 Years R/o. Qr. No. 104/d, H.S.C.L. Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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10 - Sharvan Singh S/o Shri Domar Singh Sinha, Aged About 53 Years R/o. Qr. No. 90/d, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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11 - Indu Singh, W/o Shri Kashinath Singh, Aged About 53 Years R/o. Qr. No. 107/d, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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12 - Rajjan Lal Kahar, S/o Late Shri Heera Lal Kahar, Aged About 63 Years R/o. Qr. No. 35/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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13 - Daya Ram Gote, S/o Late Shri Alisaay Gote, Aged About 58 Years R/o. Qr. No. 11/a, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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14 - Shiv Persan Pal, S/o. Shri Ramashray Choudhary, Aged About 46 Years R/o. Qr. No. 142d, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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15 - Smt. Saurbhi Upadhyay, W/o Shri Harishchandra Upadhyay, Aged About 42 Years R/o. Qr. No. 143/b H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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16 - Smt. Neelam Mehta W/o. Shri Revishankar Mehta, Aged About 59 Years R/o. Qr. No. 1/h, Street -83 Sector- 06, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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17 - Praveen Thripathi, S/o. Shri Upendra Nath Tripathi, Aged About 44 Years R/o. Qr. No. 1/b, Street -83 Sector- 06, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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18 - Smt. Bindu Prasad W/o. Shri Tulasi Prasad, Aged About 56 Years R/o. Qr. No. 5/g, Street -83 Sector- 06, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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19 - Ranjeet Kumar S/o. Shri Shiv Shankar Sinha, Aged About 50 Years R/o. Qr. No.123/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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20 - Manjeet Kumar Singh S/o. Shri Kamlesh Singh, Aged About 41 Years R/o. Qr. No.171/a, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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21 - Vijay Bahadur Mishra, S/o. Shri Chandra Narayan Mishra, Aged About 62 Years R/o. Block 3/c Street 1a, Sector 8, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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22 - Pankaj Chaubey, S/o Shri Subhash Chand Chaubey Aged About 42 Years R/o. Qr. No.55/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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23 - Shvi Prasad Kosre, S/o Shri Punau Ramk Kosre, Aged About 56 Years R/o. Qr. No.53/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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24 - Ashok Suryavanshi, S/o. Late Shri L.R. Suryavanshi, Aged About 53 Years R/o. Qr. No. 2/f, Street-27, Sector 05, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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25 - P.K. Dubey, S/o Late Shri K.P. Dubey, Aged About 45 Years R/o Qr. No. 3/a, Street 37, Sector 5, Bhilai, Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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26 - Girdhar Lal Chelak, S/o. Shri Pusau Ram Chelak, Aged About 59 Years R/o. Qr. No.17/b , H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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27 - Smt. Anjali Choudhary, W/o Santosh Kumar Aged About 42 Years Qr. No. 3/a, Kcs, Sector -8, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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28 - Smt. Pinky Singh W/o Shaheed Rajnikant Singh, Aged About 40 Years R/o. Qr. No.75/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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29 - Vikas Singh, S/o. Shri Shashikant Singh, Aged About 38 Years R/o. Qr. No.46/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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30 - Satyendra Rai, S/o. Shri Ram Balak Rai, Aged About 32 Years R/o. Qr. No.73/d, H.S.C.L. Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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31 - Arun Choubey S/o Shri Bhawan Choubey Aged About 39 Years R/o. Qr. No. 82/b H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha, Sector, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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32 - J. Gandhrav, S/o. Late Shri Ram Ji, Aged About 65 Years R/o. Qr. No. 1/astreet 87, Sectro 06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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33 - Devi Ram Dhruw S/o Late Shri Bhaiya Ram Dhruw, Aged About 54 Years R/o. Qr. No.4-D, Street 28, Sector 08, Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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34 - Smt. Seema Choubey, W/o Shri Ajay Kumar Choubey, Aged About 61 Years Street 28, Block 8-C Sector 8, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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35 - Smt. Snehlata Pandey, W/o Late Shri Ganga Prasad Mishra, Aged About 60 Years Avenue A, 10/b Sector -6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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36 - Leel Singh Verma, S/o. Shri R.L. Verma Aged About 59 Years 13a/7/7 Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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37 - Naresh Diwan, S/o. Shri Basant Kumar Diwan, Aged About 44 Years R/o. Qr. No.15/a Road 33, Sector 7 Bhilai Nagar District Durg Chhattisgarh. 38 - N.R. Verma, S/o Shri Rom Nath Verma, Aged About 59 Years R/o Qr. No. 5/a, Street - 37, Sector -05, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 39 - Randhir Pandey S/o Late Shri Ramesh Pandey, Aged About 36 Years R/o Qr. No. 13/b, Street No. 34, Sector 04, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 40 - Smt. Urvashi Sahu, W/o Horilal Sahu, Aged About 38 Years R/o. Qr. 3/e, Sector 5, Street 26, Bhilai Nagar,, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 41 - Mohammod Sharif, S/o. Shri Jumrati, Aged About 65 Years R/o. Qr. No. 5-D-Street-1a, Sector-8, Bhilai Nagar,, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 42 - K. K. Sahu S/o Late Shri A.C. Sahu, Aged About 59 Years R/o. Qr. No. 6c, Street No. 01, Sector 08, Bhilai Nagar,, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 43 - Nirmalendu Bishwas, S/o. Late Nani Gopal, Aged About 63 Years R/o Qr. No. -1a, Street 86, Sector 06, Bhilai Nagar,, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 44 - Smt. Saira Bano, W/o. S.J. Qureshi, Aged About 61 Years R/o Qr. No. 4/b, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 45 - P.K. Singh, S/o Shri B.M. Singh Aged About 40 Years R/o Qr. No. 4/f, Street No. 83 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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46 - Smt. Seema Soni, W/o Shri Dhirendra Soni, Aged About 35 Years R/o Qr. No. 5/c, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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47 - Sushil Kumar S/o. Shri Yogendra Singh, Aged About 40 Years R/o Qr. No. 3/g, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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48 - Smt. Khurshida, W/o Shahnawaj Khan Aged About 50 Years R/o Qr. No. 2c, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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49 - Uttam Kumar Bhardwaj S/o Shri S.R. Bhardwaj, Aged About 59 Years R/o Qr. No. 1/c, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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50 - Vijay Bahadur S/o Late Shri Laldhar, Aged About 43 Years R/o Qr. No. 1/b, Street No. 85 Sector 6, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 51 - Bhushan Lal Sahu, S/o. Nand Ram Sahu, Aged About 55 Years Qr. No. 55/a, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha Sector, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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52 - Homan Lal Bhosle, S/o. Shri Johan Lal Bhosle, Aged About 63 Years R/o. Qr. No. 10/d, Avenue-A, Sector 06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh. 53 - Upendra Keshari, S/o. Shri Parmeshwar Keshari Aged About 53 Years Q No. 33/a, H.S. C.L. Ruabandha Sector, Bhilai Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh

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54 - Brijlal Yadav, S/o Shri Kawaldhari Yadav Aged About 43 Years Qr. No. 76/b, H.S.C.L. Colony, Ruabandha Sector, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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55 - B.D. Vaishnav S/o. Shri Krishnadas Vaishnav, Aged About 60 Years Qr. No. 8a 8b, Street No. 86 Sector -06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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56 - Pranjal Tiwari, S/o. Shri Laxman Prasad Tiwari, Aged About 21 Years Qr. No. Qr. No. 5/b, Street No. 83, Sector 06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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57 - Lalita Dewangan, W/o. Shri Dinesh Dewangan, Aged About 45 Years R/o Qr. No. 4/g, Street No. -83, Sector - 06, Bhilai Nagar,, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 58 - Aarti Rai W/o . Shri Krishna Kumar Rai Aged About 42 Years Qr. No. 4/h, Street No. 83, Sector -06, Bhilai, Nagar, District : Durg, Chhattisgarh 59 - Ravi Yadav, S/o Shri Jayram Prasad Yadav, Aged About 33 Years R/o Qr. No. 1f, Street No. 83, Sector -06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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60 - Naveen Kumar Yadav, S/o Shri Khaderan Singh Aged About 46 Years R/o. Qr. No. 8/k 8/l, Street No. 86 Sector -06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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61 - Vinod Kumar Chichkhede, S/. Late Shir P.S. Chichkhede, Aged About 61 Years R/o Qr. No. 2/d, Street No. 85, Sector -06, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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62 - Shiv Sagar, S/o Late Shri Ram Kawal, Aged About 57 Years R/o Qr. No. 37/c, Qr. No. 28/d Sector -07, Bhilai Nagar, District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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... Petitioners

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versus

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1 - Union Of India Through Secretary, Ministry Of Iron And Steel, Parliment House, New Delhi.

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2 - Hindustan Steel Works Construction Ltd. (A Govt. Of India Undertaking) Throgh Its Chairman -Cum-Managing Director , 1- Shakespeare Sarani (8th Floor) Koklata (W.B.)

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3 - Hindustan Steel Works Construction, Ltd. (Local Unit At Bhilai) Through Its General Manager Bhilai P.O Bhilai, Tahsil And District Durg Chhattisgarh.

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... Respondents

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For Petitioners	:	None
For Respondent No.1	:	Shri Tushar Dhar Diwan, Central Government Counsel
For Respondents No.2 & 3	:	Shri Sanjeev Kumar Sahu, Advocate

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Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma

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Order on Board

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19/09/2025

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1. No one appears for the petitioners nor is there any representation on their behalf.

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2. In view of the circumstance, the writ petition is dismissed for want of prosecution.

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Sd/-

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( Arvind Kumar Verma )

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JUDGE

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Gopal

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