Motiram v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (WPC No. 1534 of 2023), High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, Arvind Kumar Verma, J., 23/07/2025, 2025:CGHC:35438, NAFR — acquisition of private land for Civil Court construction — Patwari report treating Khasra Nos. 6, 8, 14/2 (total 3.550 hectare), Village Bhaisra, Dongargarh, District Rajnandgaon, as Government land/Charagan without proper verification — no acquisition proceeding initiated — prima facie finding that petitioners are owners — direction to file afresh representation before Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) within 15 days — SDO (Revenue) to decide within six months — writ petition disposed of — petitioners Motiram, Nirmal Das, Gajaram, Dukhsingh, Kartik Ram — State of Chhattisgarh, Collector Rajnandgaon, SDO (Revenue) Dongargarh, Tehsildar Dongargarh.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions: petitioners to file an afresh representation with all relevant documents before the Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) within 15 days of receipt of the order's copy, and the SDO (Revenue) to decide the representation within six months of its filing.