1 2025:CGHC:48282 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 286 of 2025 1 - Smt. Nishika Singh Chandel W/o Mukesh Singh Chandel Aged About 36 Years R/o Village Risda, Tahsil- Masturi, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) 2 - Bhumika Singh W/o Late Shivram Singh Aged About 68 Years R/o Village And Post Naryara District- Janjgir-Champa C.G. ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - The Principal Secretary, Revenue Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur C.G. 2 - Collector District- Janjgir-Champa C.G. 3 - Sub Divisional Officer, (Revenue) Janjgir, Distt. Janjgir-Champa C.G. 4 - Ksk Mahanadi Power Co. Ltd. Through - It Managing Director, Village-Nariyara, Distt. Janjgir-Champa C.G. 5 - The Director Ksk Mahanadi Power Co. Ltd. Nariyara, Distt. Janjgir-Champa C.G. ... Respondents For Petitioners : Shri Hemant Kesharwani, Advocate For State/Respondents No.1 to 3 : Shri Satish Gupta, Government Advocate and Shri Soumitra Kesharwani, Panel Lawyer For Respondents No.4 and 5 : Shri Soumya Rai, Advocate Digitally signed by GOPAL SINGH Date: 2025.09.26 11:38:29 +0530 2 Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma Order on Board 19/09/2025 1. With the consent of learned counsel appearing for the parties, the matter is heard finally. 2. The petitioners have sought following reliefs in this petition: “10.1) This Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to call for the entire records pertaining to the case of the petitioner from the possession of the respondents for its kind perusal. 10.2) The Hon’ble court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondents to grant service or pay minimum wage and areas of minimum wages in favour the petitioner No.01. 10.3) The Hon’ble court may kindly be pleased to direct the Respondents to deicide the representations submitted by petitioners in respect of claim of petitioners.” 3. After hearing learned counsel appearing for the petitioners at some length, I deem it appropriate to direct and accordingly direct the petitioners to make a representation before respondent No.2, i.e., Collector, District Janjgir-Champa and in turn the Collector is directed to consider and decide the representation on its own merits in accordance with law expeditiously. 4. The writ petition is disposed of with the aforesaid directions. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) JUDGE Gopal