2025:CGHC:25542 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR WPC No. 2993 of 2025 Deenbandhu Verma S/o Chand Kumar Verma Aged About 35 Years R/o Village Parsada, Post Nagdha, Police Station Nandghat, District Bemetara (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh The Secretary, Public Works Department, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh The Secretary, Department Of Revenue, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 3 -Collector Bemetara, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh 4 - Chief Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Bemetara, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh 5 - Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Nawagarh District Bemetara Chhattisgarh 6 - Assistant Executive Engineer Public Works Department, Nawagarh, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh 7 - Tahsildar Tahsil Nawagarh, District Bemetara Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner : Mr. CK Sahu, Advocate. For Respondent-State : Ms. Nupur Trivedi, PL ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Order on Board 19.06.2025 1. This writ petition has been preferred under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking a direction to the concerned respondent- authorities to pay the amount of compensation to the petitioner in lieu of the land acquired from him for the purpose of construction of road. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the respondents have constructed a road over the land of the petitioner who is agriculturist of the village -Nagdha, Distt-Bemetara, (CG). Though the land of the petitioner has been used for construction of the road but no compensation has been paid by the respondent authorities to the petitioner yet. Therefore, petitioner has approached the concerned authorities for compensation on various occasions. The petitioner has filed several representations as Annexure P/2, which are still pending before the concerned respondents-authorities. 3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents/State submits that if the applications/representations are still pending before the concerned authority, the same shall be decided, in accordance with the relevant law and provisions, within the stipulated period. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents. 5. Looking to the grievance of the petitioner that his land has been used for the purpose of construction of the road without making any compensation, it is directed that concerned resopndent-authority shall consider and decide the applications/representations of the petitioner submitted as Annexure P/2 by making verification of the fact whether the land of the petitioner has been used for construction of road or not and if the land has been used without making any payment of compensation to the petitioner, concerned respondent-authority shall take necessary steps in this regard, within a period of ‘30 days’ from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid observation/direction, this writ petition is disposed of. CC as per rules. Sd/- Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge J/-