Savita Kannoje v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: alternative remedy; Article 226 of the Constitution; disputed questions of fact; writ jurisdiction; encroachment on government land; Khasra No. 772/2 Village Chirhuldih Raipur; illegal demolition 19.08.2020; Naib Tahsildar notice dated 07.07.2020; Chhattisgarh Nagriya Kshetron Ke Bhoomihin Vyakti (Pattadhriti Adhikaron Ka Pradan Kiya Jana) Adhiniyam, 1984; patta/lease settlement application; Revenue Book Circular; 90-day time-bound direction; interim protection against dispossession; ceiling land; Leelavathi N. v. State of Karnataka, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 2253; PHR Invent Educational Society v. UCO Bank, (2024) 6 SCC 579; High Court of Chhattisgarh; NAFR.
What did the court decide?
Directions only: petitioners to avail the alternative statutory remedy before the competent authorities; authorities to decide pending settlement/patta applications within 90 days of approach with a copy of the order; petitioners continuing in possession under interim protection not to be dispossessed until such decision; liberty to file applications within 20 days; respondents at liberty to seek redressal of grievances in accordance with the procedure established by law. No compensation, enquiry or leasehold/patta rights were granted by the Court.