Disposed¶31

Ramavtar Gond v. State of Chhattisgarh

Chhattisgarh HC12 Feb 2026WPC/664/2026

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Ramavtar Gond v. State of Chhattisgarh; WPC No. 664 of 2026; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; decided 13-02-2026; Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi; Article 226 writ petition; land demarcation; Tahsildar Khairagarh; demarcation application Annexure P-2 dated 26.05.2025; encroachment; khasra nos. 40/12, 40/16, 113/1, 139/9, 137/3, 139/8, 141/3; 1.750 hectare; village Banbod; 45-day compliance timeline; writ petition disposed of.

What did the court decide?

Direction to respondent No. 4 - Tahsildar, Khairagarh to decide on the petitioner's demarcation application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 and to carry out the demarcation within 45 days from receipt/submission of a copy of the order; petitioner directed to approach the Tahsildar's office for unhindered compliance. ¶31

Ramavtar Gond Vs State of Chhattisgarh — Writ and Judicial Review | Chhattisgarh HC (2026)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

¶31

Issue for consideration

Whether respondent No. 4 - Tahsildar, Khairagarh should be directed to take prompt action on the petitioner's request and demarcate his lands within a stipulated period, given that his demarcation application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 had not resulted in completed demarcation despite payment of the requisite fee.

¶22

Court's answer

The Court disposed of the petition directing respondent No. 4 - Tahsildar, Khairagarh, District Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai to take a decision on the petitioner's demarcation application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 and to carry out the demarcation within 45 days from the date of receipt/submission of a copy of the order.

¶30

Ratio / Principle

The petitioner was further directed to approach the office of the Tahsildar, Khairagarh so as to enable unhindered compliance with the order.

¶30

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Chhattisgarh High Court (Bilaspur), WPC No. 664 of 2026, order dated 13-02-2026 by Hon'ble Mr. Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi: Ramavtar Gond, recorded owner of Khasra Nos. 40/12, 40/16, 113/1, 139/9, 137/3, 139/8 & 141/3 (total area 1.750 hectare) at village Banbod, Patwari Halka No. 15, Tahsil Khairagarh, filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India alleging encroachments on his ancestral land and non-execution of his demarcation application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 despite payment of the requisite fee. Counsel for the State stated that partial demarcation carried out on 25.06.2025 remained incomplete owing to the rainy season. The Court disposed of the petition, directing respondent No. 4 - Tahsildar, Khairagarh to take a decision on the application and to complete the demarcation within 45 days from receipt/submission of a copy of the order, and requiring the petitioner to approach the Tahsildar's office for unhindered compliance. Pending interlocutory applications, if any, were disposed of.

2026:CGHC:8147

NAFR

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR

¶5

WPC No. 664 of 2026

¶6

Ramavtar Gond S/o Late Kartik Gond Aged About 60 Years R/o Village - Banbod Tahsil- Khairagarh District- Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.)

¶7

... Petitioner

¶8

versus

¶9

1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Secretary Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya Atal Nagar New Raipur, District- Raipur (C.G.)

¶10

2 - Collector Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.) District- Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.)

¶11

3 - Sub Divisional Officer (R) Khairagarh District- Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.)

¶12

4 - Tahsildar Khairagarh District- Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.)

¶13

... Respondents

¶14

{Cause title, as taken from CIS}

¶15

For Petitioner	:	Mr. F. S. Khare, Advocate
For Respondents	:	Mr. VinayPandey, Dy. Advocate General.

¶16

Hon'ble Mr. Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi

Order On Board

13-02-2026

Heard.

1. Instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has

¶21

been preferred by the petitioner seeking following reliefs :-

¶22

10.1 That the Hon'ble Court kindly be pleased to issue a order, directing the respondent No. 4 to take prompt action for demarcation of lands of the petitioner within stipulated period which may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court.

¶23

¶24

10.2 That, the Hon'ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the records for its kind perusal which relates to petitioner matter.

¶25

10.3 Any other relief, which the Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favour of the petitioner”

¶26

2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is recorded owner of the land bearing Khasra No. 40/12, 40/16, 113/1, 139/9, 137/3, 139/8 & 141/3, total area 1.750 hectare situated at village Banbod, Patwari Halka No. 15, Rajashva Nigam Mandal, Mudhipar, Tahsil Khairagarh, District Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai (C.G.). He further submits that that aforesaid land is ancestral property of the petitioner, but various encroachment have been made on said land of petitioner, therefore, he has filed an application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 for demarcation of his aforesaid land. The petitioner has also paid requisite fee for the said demarcation, despite that demarcation has not been carried out, therefore, he submits that respondent No. 4- Tahsildar, Khairagarh may be directed to get the above land of the petitioner demarcated.

¶27

3. In reply, learned counsel for the State / respondents, on instructions, submits that demarcation of some portion of the land of the petitioner was carried out on 25.06.2025, but because of rainy season, demarcation work was not completed. Learned counsel for the State submits that if petitioner shall extend his consent, then fresh demarcation of the aforesaid land be carried out.

¶28

¶29

4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record.

¶30

5. Having considered aforesaid contention putforth by counsel for both the parties, this petition stands disposed of directing respondent No. 4 - Tahsildar, Khairagarh, Disrict Khairagarh Chhuikhadan Gandai to take decision on the application (Annexure P-2) dated 26.05.2025 filed by the petitioner and demarcation be carried out within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt / submission of copy this order. The petitioner is further directed to approach before the office of Tahsildar, Khairagarh for unhindered compliance of this order.

¶31

6. With the aforesaid observations & directions, the writ petition is disposed of.

¶32

7. Pending interlocutory application (s), if any, stand (s) disposed of.

¶33

Sd/(Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Judge

¶34

Amit/-

¶35

AMITKUMARDUBEY Digitally signedby AMITKUMAR DUBEYDate:2026.02.1716:17:02 +0530

Ramavtar Gond v. State of Chhattisgarh

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Ramavtar Gond v. State of Chhattisgarh

Case brief

What is this about?

What did the court decide?

Why is it important?

What the court decided

Issues for consideration

Statutes considered

Procedural history

Parties & counsel

Coram

Case details

Similar cases

Prem Ram Vishwakarma Vs State of Chhattisgarh

Santoshi Vs State of Chhattisgarh

Ghanshyam Agrawal Vs State of Chhattisgarh

Shailesh Ranjan Vs the State of Chhattisgarh

Shailesh Ranjan Vs the State of Chhattisgarh

Pyari Bai Vs National Highway Authority of India Ltd.