1 2025:CGHC:33191 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3659 of 2025 1 - Ram Charan S/o Pirithram Aged About 59 Years R/o Village Mudhipaar Tehsil- Bodri District- Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralaya New Raipur Atal Nagar District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Collector Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 3 - The Sub Divisional Officer(Revenue) Bilaspur District - Bilaspur (C.G.) 4 - The Tehsildar Bodri Bistrict- Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - The Project Director Nhai- National Highway Authority Of India Project Implementing Unit Tifra Bilaspur District - Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Nelson Panna, Advocate For Respondent/State For Respondent No. 5 : : Mrs. Akansha Verma Dabhadkar, Panel Lawyer Ms. Shreya Daga on behalf of Mr. Dhiraj Wankhede, Advocate Hon’ble Shri Justice Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Order on Board 16/07/2025 1. By way of the present petition the petitioner who is land owner of land bearing Khasra No. 410/1 admeasuring 0.1420 hectare situated at Village Mudhipaar, Tehsil-Bodri, District- Bilaspur (C.G.) is seeking direction towards the respondent authorities to make payment of compensation 2 towards the land acquired by the respondents. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the grievance of the petitioner is that the petitioner has Bhumiswami/Ownership rights over the subject land and the respondent authorities started construction of road over the subject land belonging to the petitioner without any prior permission and without any opportunity of hearing, however no compensation has been paid to the petitioner by the respondent authority. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that upon noticing the encroachment and unauthorized construction, the petitioner immediately approached the Tahsildar- Bodri, District- Bilaspur and submitted an application seeking demarcation of the subject land under Section 129 of the C.G. Land Revenue Code, 1959. Despite this, the authorities failed to act upon the application, and no steps were taken and the same was not even considered by the respondent authority particularly by the Tahsildar-Bodri, District-Bilaspur, C.G. 4. Learned counsel appearing for respondent submits that the application of the petitioner would be considered for demarcation and spot inspection of the land in question and the authorities concerned will demarcate the land in accordance with law. 5. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the documents. 6. Given the submission made by the learned counsel for the parties, the present writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the respondent no. 3/ Land Acquisition Officer-cum-Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue), Bilaspur to look into the matter by making a spot inspection and demarcation of the land in question and if it is found that the land of the 3 petitioner has been used for construction of the road, necessary steps be taken for payment of compensation towards the land owned by the petitioner within a period of 60 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, in accordance with law. 7. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. 8. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the instant petition is hereby disposed of. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) JUDGE Madhurima