Jagdal Singh Chandra v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
WPC No. 3414 of 2025; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; decided 04/09/2025; Justice Arvind Kumar Verma; petitioner Jagdal Singh Chandra; respondents include State of Chhattisgarh, SDO (R)/SDM (R) Sakti, Tehsildar Jaijaipur, Patwaris Halka No. 05, Gram Panchayat Bhothiya, HPCL, CPCB, Chhattisgarh Environment Conservation Board, and Smt. Ritesh Chandra; HPCL retail outlet dealership; Letter of Intent (LOI); No Objection Certificate (NOC); SDO (R) Sakti order dated 16/04/2025; Khasra Nos. 1106/2, 1106/3, 1107/1, Village & Tehsil Bhothiya, District Sakti; petitioner's objections dated 16/12/2024 (Annexure P/3) and 28/04/2025 (Annexure P/1); suppression of material facts; petitioner's own petrol pump 'M/s Maa Manika Dai Fuels KSK' at village Bothiya; absence of locus standi; writ petition dismissed; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
The instant petition is defective because the petitioner did not disclose in the petition that he operates a petrol pump in village Bothiya in the name of M/s Maa Manika Dai Fuels KSK (a fact his counsel admitted during arguments); consequently, the petitioner has no locus standi to challenge the order passed by the SDO (R), and the petition is dismissed.