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Gopal Kishore (Satnami) v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC16 Oct 2025WPC/5506/2025

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What is this about?

Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPC No. 5506 of 2025; Gopal Kishore (Satnami) v. State of Chhattisgarh and others; land acquisition; reference to Tribunal under Section 51, Land Acquisition Act, 2013; representation dated 20.12.2024 (Annexure P/2); mandamus/direction to Collector Sakti to decide representation within 60 days; petition disposed of without merits; single judge: Arvind Kumar Verma; decided 17/10/2025; NAFR.

What did the court decide?

Petition disposed of with a direction to respondent No. 3 (Collector, Sakti) to decide the petitioner's representation dated 20.12.2024 (Annexure P/2) in accordance with law, rules and regulations, expeditiously, preferably within 60 days from receipt of a copy of the order; no opinion expressed on merits. ¶28

Gopal Kishore (Satnami) Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Land Acquisition | Chhattisgarh HC (2025)

2025:CGHC:51891

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR

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WPC No. 5506 of 2025

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Gopal Kishore (Satnami) S/o Late Sukhram Satnami Aged About 53 Years R/o Village- Chisda, Tahsil Hasoud P.S. Hasoud, District- Sakti (C.G.)

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... Petitioner(s)

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versus

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1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Distt- Raipur (C.G.)

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2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Distt- Raipur (C.G.)

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3 - Collector Sakti District- Sakti (C.G.)

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4 - Sub Divisional Officer (R) Land Acquisition, Officer Sakti, Distt- Sakti (C.G.)

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5 - Executive Engineer (B/r) Public Works Department Division Sakti, Distt- Sakti (C.G.)

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---- Respondents

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For Petitioner : Mr. F.S. Khare, Advocate For State : Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, PL

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Hon'ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma

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Order on Board

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17/10/2025

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1. By way of this petition, petitioner sought following relief(s) :

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“10.1 That the Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a writ/order/direction, directing the respondent no. 3 Collector Sakti to refer the case of petitioner forthwith to the learned Tribunal constituted u/s 51 of the Land Acquisition Act, 2013 for decision in accordance with law.

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10.2 That, if the Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to petitioner’s matter.

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10.3 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to grant any other relief(s), which is deemed fit and proper in the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case.”

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2. Learned counsel for the petitioner prays for a direction to respondent no. 3 to decide the representation made by the petitioner on 20.12.2024 (Annexure P/2) expeditiously within a time frame.

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3. Learned counsel for the State raised no objection in this regard.

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4. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties and perused the record with utmost circumspection.

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5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions of the counsels for the respective parties, respondent no. 3 is directed to decide the representation made by the petitioner on 20.12.2024 (Annexure P/2), in accordance with law, rules and regulations, expeditiously preferably within a period of ‘60 days’ from the date of receipt of copy of this order.

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6. With the aforesaid observation/direction, the petition stands disposed of.

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7. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion with regard to the merits of the case.

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Sd/-

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(Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge

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Vasant