Payarelal Kurre v. State Of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur — WPC No. 150 of 2016, decided 03.07.2025 by Justice Narendra Kumar Vyas. Petitioner challenged the Naib Tehsildar (Bamhanidih) order dated 15.07.2014 in Revenue Case No. 989/B-121/2013-14 recalling the cancellation of respondent No. 4's residential certificate for village Birra, issued for an LPG distribution agency under the Rajiv Gandhi Rural LPG Distribution Scheme. Held: residential certificate issuance is an administrative, not quasi-judicial, function; the authority could recall its order on subsequently produced documents (Rin Pustika, Ration Card, PAN Card) whose authenticity was unchallenged; lapse of over eight years and the dependent livelihood of respondent No. 4's family weighed against interference; writ dismissed, merits left open. Keywords: recall of own order, residential certificate, administrative vs quasi-judicial function, Tehsildar/Naib Tehsildar, delay/laches, Section 226 Constitution of India, Janjgir-Champa.