Ashok Kumar v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Chhattisgarh High Court, Bilaspur; WPC No. 537 of 2026; Judge Rakesh Mohan Pandey; order dated 09/02/2026; petitioner Ashok Kumar Khobragade; social status certificate rejected by competent authority; earlier writ petition WPC No. 3598 of 2022 dismissed on 10.06.2025 with liberty to appeal under Section 5 of the Chhattisgarh Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes and Other Backward Classes (Regulation of Social Status Certificate) Act, 2013; appeal before Collector, Durg pending; petition disposed of with direction to respondent No. 2/Appellate Authority to decide the pending appeal expeditiously, preferably within 120 days; counsel: Love Kumar Ramteke for petitioner, Poorva Tiwari (Panel Lawyer) for State/respondents.
What did the court decide?
Direction to respondent No. 2 (Appellate Authority) to decide the petitioner's pending appeal expeditiously, preferably within a period of 120 days from the date of the order.