Tikam Singh Chandrakar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Non-prosecution dismissal: WPC No. 2922 of 2021 (30 petitioners from Thanaud/Anjora, Purai, Pisegao and Hanodha, District Durg) and WPC No. 3296 of 2021 (Tikam Singh Chandrakar), High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur, decided 20/04/2026 by Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad; neutral citation 2026:CGHC:17830; marked NAFR. Respondents: State of Chhattisgarh (Revenue and Public Work Department), Collector District Durg, SDO-cum-Land Acquisition Officer Durg, and Chief General Manager, NHAI. Counsel: D.R. Minj, Dy. A.G. for the State respondents; Dhiraj Kumar Wankhede for Respondent No. 4 (NHAI); no one appeared for the petitioners even in the second round. Both petitions dismissed for want of prosecution; no merits adjudicated; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
None appeared for the petitioners to argue the cases even in the second round, and the Court recorded that the petitioners appeared not interested in the cases.