1 2025:CGHC:39713 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 4243 of 2025 1 - Netram Sahu S/o Nathanlal Sahu Aged About 49 Years R/o Village Semra Post Semra Panchayat Chapora Ps And Tahsil Ratanpur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 2 - Hemchand Sahu S/o Ramcharan Sahu Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Semra Post Semra Panchayat Chapora Ps And Tahsil Ratanpur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ... petitioners(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Revenue And Disaster (Apda) Management Department Mahanadi Bhawan New Raipur Distt. Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Forest And Climate Change, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nawa Raipur, Atal Nagar Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh 3 - The Collector Bilaspur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 4 - The Sdo (Revenue) Ratanpur District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh 5 - The Tahsildar Ratanpur, District Bilaspur Chhattisgarh ----Respondents (Cause-title taken from Case Information System) For petitioners : Mr. Dheerendra Pandey, Advocate For Respondent-State : Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, P.L. Hon’ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Order on Board 08/08/2025 1. Counsel for the petitioners prays for the following relief(s):- (i)That, the Hon’ble Court be pleased to call for the Digitally signed by JYOTI JHA Date: 2025.08.13 11:30:11 +0530 2 entire records in connection of the petitioners’s cases. (ii) That the Hon’ble Court be further pleased to issue a suitable writ for directing the respondents to immediately pay the compensation amount of Rs. 20,00000/- (Twenty Lakhs Rupees) Rs. 20,00000/- (Twenty Lakhs Rupees) each with interest to the petitionerss within specific time with respect of illegally demolish their house. (iii)Any other relief which may be suitable in the facts and circumstances of the case, may also be granted. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that without giving opportunity of hearing to the petitioners, the respondent-authorities demolish the house of the petitioners which was constructed by the petitioners as per government scheme Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojna, after the demolish house of the petitioners, the petitioners have not been given the benefits compensation to the petitioners. Therefore he prays for a direction to the respondent-authorities for grant of compensation amount and seeks an appropriate disciplinary proceedings against the erring officials who have not taken steps in this regard for last more than two month. 3. Learned counsel for respondents submits that in view of the limited prayer made by the learned counsel for petitioners seeking direction to respondents to consider the pending application towards payment of compensation, he is having no objection to the limited prayer and if the petitioner files a fresh representation before the respondent No. 3-Collector Bilaspur, it will be considered in accordance with law after due enquiry. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 5. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case instead of keeping this petition pending, I find it appropriate to dispose of the same at this stage directing the petitioners to file a fresh representation along with all relevant documents and copy of this order before the respondent No. 3-Collector Bilaspur within a 3 period of 15 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. In turn, the respondent No. 3 shall decide the representation of the petitioners after due enquiry on its own merits within a period of 6 months from the date of receipt of representation filed by the petitioners in accordance with law, subject to verification of all the documents. 6. It is made clear that this Court has not observed anything on the merits of the case. 7. With the aforesaid direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) Judge Jyoti