Village Tikrapara, Raipur. The petitioner claims that Khasra No. 271/3, admeasuring approximately 4,83,515 sq. ft., was recorded in the name of Shyamkumari Pujari, who died on 04.12.1996, and that the petitioner and private respondents are her legal heirs. According to the petitioner, neither he nor his predecessor, Late Dr. Mahendra Prakash Pujari, had consented to or applied for development permission in respect of the said land. It is alleged that Laxmi Pujari and Durga Pujari obtained the aforesaid Development Permission despite allegedly not being the exclusive owners of all the lands covered by the approved layout, particularly Khasra No. 271/3. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner preferred a statutory petition under Section 74 of the Chhattisgarh Town and Country Planning Act, 1973, before the Special Secretary, Housing and Environment Department, Government of Chhattisgarh, along with an application for condonation of delay on 20.05.2026. The grievance of the petitioner is that the statutory petition and the application for condonation of delay have remained pending and have not yet been considered or decided by the competent authority. It is further alleged that the respondent No.2 has not opened the order-sheet or fixed any date of hearing. Hence, the petitioner has approached this Court seeking a direction to the competent authority to consider and decide the statutory petition dated 20.05.2026, along with the application for condonation of delay, expeditiously and in
