Mohanlal v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
WPC No. 1174 of 2026, High Court of Chhattisgarh, Bilaspur, decided 18-3-2026 by Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi; petitioner Mohanlal vs State of Chhattisgarh, Tehsildar Jaijaipur and Vinay Kumar Agrawal; quashing of Tehsildar's status quo/stay order dated 19-2-2026 in Revenue Case No. 202602310800033/B-121/2025-2026 (Annexure P-1) on the ground that revenue courts cannot grant injunction/stay, power vesting in the civil court, per this Court's W.P. No. 235/2020 (Vandana Gupta v. State of CG), order dated 16-9-2021; encroachment complaint over Khasra No. 5515/3 vs construction on Khasra No. 5515/6; Article 226; writ petition disposed of, remaining revenue proceedings continued.
What did the court decide?
Partial relief: the status quo order (Annexure P-1) dated 19-2-2026 of respondent No. 2/Tehsildar, Jaijaipur in Revenue Case No. 202602310800033/B-121/2025-2026 was quashed to the extent of the order of status quo; remaining revenue case proceedings allowed to continue. The prayers to dismiss respondent No. 3's application, quash the entire proceedings as non-maintainable, and expressly permit resumption of construction were not granted.