Sandeep Chatterjee v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPC No. 1544 of 2022; Sandeep Chatterjee v. State of Chhattisgarh & others; Justice Arvind Kumar Verma; order dated 07/10/2025. Challenge to 22/02/2022 PDS order restricting distribution of essential commodities to ration card holders through E-pass with thumb-impression punching; petition dismissed as infructuous after State relied on Director's circular dated 13/05/2022 (Annexure R/1) implementing "Ek Rashtra Ek Rashan Card Scheme" addressed to Collectors except Gourella-Pendra-Marwahi, Korba, Bemetara, Mahasamund, Jashpur and Surguja; grievance held redressed; no merits adjudication; no statutes or precedents cited; single-judge bench.
What did the court decide?
On perusal of Annexure R/1, the Court held that the petitioner's grievance had already been redressed, and therefore the instant petition had become infructuous; it did not adjudicate the merits of the E-pass direction.