-1- 2025:CGHC:14918 NAFR HIGH COURT of CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2924 of 2021 1 - Gajra Bai Khelwar W/o Ramdher Khelwar Aged About 69 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 2 - Godawari Bai Sinha W/o Late Sukhram Sinha Aged About 72 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 3 - Shyam Lal Devangan S/o Late Koduram Devangan Aged About 29 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 4 - Kamelesh Kumar Chaturvedi S/o Shri Shukhitram Aged About 53 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 5 - Radhabai W/o Shri Maheshram Sinha Aged About 52 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 6 - Kameleshwer S/o Shri Noher Singh Aged About 55 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 7 - Durpati Bai Lahre W/o Shri Kalshay Lahre Aged About 36 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 8 - Ramanand Khelvar S/o Muktavan Khelvar Aged About 50 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 9 - Ramadher Khelvar S/o Late Shri Rajau Khelvar Aged About 74 Years Village Dewada Post Tedesara, District Rajnandgaon Chhattisgarh. 10 - Suresh Kumar Sahu S/o Late Shri Bisahuya Sahu Aged About 53 Years R/o Village Anjora, Post Tedesara Tahsil and District Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus Digitally signed by NADIM MOHLE -2- 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Public Work Department Mahanadi Bhawan Naya Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2 - Collector District Rajnandgaon, Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Sub Divisional officer Cum Land Acquisition officer, Rajnandgaon, District : Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Chief General Manager National Highways Authority of India (Ministry of Road Transport And Highways, Govt. of India) Regional office, Raipur, House No. 21, Near Tv Tower, Anupam Nagar, Raipur Chhattisgarh., District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) (Cause Title is taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : None For State : Ms. Shailja Shukla, Deputy Government Advocate For Respondent No.4 : Ms. Shreya Daga, Advocate, holding the brief of Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Wankhede, Advocate Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 27.03.2025 1) None for the petitioners, even in the second round. 2) The petitioners have filed this petition seeking a direction to the respondent authorities to decide their representation. 3) It appears that the land acquisition proceeding was not concluded, therefore, representation was made by the petitioners before the Collector in the month of March, 2021. 4) Learned counsel appearing for the respondent No.4 would submit that the land acquisition proceeding has already been concluded and amount of -3- compensation was deposited with the competent authority in the year 2019 and amount of compensation has already deposited with the competent authority. 5) It appears that this petition is filed after passing of award and this fact was not within the knowledge of petitioners. 6) Taking into consideration the subsequent development, I do not find any good ground to keep this matter pending. Consequently, this writ petition is hereby disposed of. 7) The petitioners would be at liberty to approach the competent authority for disbursement of compensation. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge NADIM