-1- 2025:CGHC:7295 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3966 of 2019 1 - Arvind Mishra S/o. Shri Satyanand Mishra Aged About 40 Years Up-Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat Mohka, Tahsil Basna, District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Panchayat And Rural Development, Mahanadi Bhavan, Mantratalya, Atal Nagar, (Naya Raipur), District Raipur Chhattisgarh, District : Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 - Chief Executive Officer Jila Panchayat, Mahasamund, District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 3 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Basna, District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 4 - Collector District - Mahasamund, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh 5 - Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) And Prescribed Officer Saraipali (Panchayat), District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh, District : Mahasamund, Chhattisgarh ---- Respondents (Cause Title taken from Case Information System) -2- For Petitioner : Mr.Sangeet Kumar Kushwaha, Advocate For State : Mr. Pramod Shrivastava, Dy. G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Rakesh Mohan Pandey Order on Board 10.02.2025 Heard. 1) Mr. Shrivastava, the learned Deputy Government Advocate appearing for the State would submit that the order passed by the Sub Divisional Officer(Revenue) while exercising power under Section 92 of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993 is appealable before the Collector according to the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Panchayats (Appeal and Revision) Rules, 1995 (for short ‘the Rules of 1995’). 2) At this stage, Mr. Kushwaha, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner would submit that the petitioner may be granted liberty to prefer an appeal before the Appellate Authority and for a period of two months, the interim order granted earlier in favour of the petitioner may be extended. 3) Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties and perused the documents placed on record. 4) Taking into consideration the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing for the parties, at this juncture, the present petition is disposed of reserving liberty in favour of the petitioner to prefer an appeal before the Appellate Authority according to the provisions of the Rules of 1995. If such an appeal is preferred, the authority -3- concerned shall decide it on its own merit. As the interim order was passed in favour of the petitioner on 08.11.2019, the same shall remain effective for a period of 60 days. 5) Certified copy of the impugned order be returned after retaining its xerox copy. 6) With the aforesaid observation(s)/direction(s), the present petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Rakesh Mohan Pandey) Judge Rekha