Sahas Das Mahant v. State of Chhattisgarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Lok Adalat award; National Lok Adalat; High Court of Chhattisgarh at Bilaspur; WPS No. 10241 of 2025; decided 14/03/2026; Sahas Das Mahant (petitioner, in person) v. State of Chhattisgarh through Secretary, Department of Forest, Principal Chief Conservator of Forest, Chief Conservator of Forest Bilaspur, Divisional Forest Officer Bilaspur, and Amarveer Singh Markam (Forest Guard); respondents represented by Shri Ghansyam Kashyap, Dy GA, with Shri TR Maravi, SDO (Forest) Bilaspur. Subject: transfer/posting order dated 23.07.2025 (Annexure P/1) placing Respondent No.5 at petitioner's post, Parisar Pathra Range Ratanpur, Forest Division Bilaspur. Disposal: compromise application filed; petitioner to withdraw and serve in Kathghora Forest Division; terms found just, proper and legal; settlement accepted; petition disposed of without merits adjudication. Useful for: Lok Adalat settlement-disposal pattern in service/transfer disputes; contains no statutory interpretation or precedent treatment.