1 2025:CGHC:45503-DB NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPPIL No. 79 of 2025 1 - Digbai Tandi S/o Shri Dharak Tandi, aged about 53 years R/o Hurra Para, Salhe Tola, P.O.- Largaon Markatola, Tehsil- Narharpur, District- Kanker C.G. 2 - Hitesh Kumar Darro S/o Shri Sukhdev Darro, aged about 26 years R/o Havechur, Gram Panchayat- Bondanar, Tehsil- Antagarh, District Kanker C.G. ... Petitioners versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Naya Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 2 - Director, Panchayat Directorate, Sector 19, North Block, Vikas Bhawan, Ground Floor, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, District Raipur C.G. 3 - District Collector, District Kanker C.G. 4 - Superintendent of Police, Kanker, District Kanker C.G. 5 - Chief Executive Officer, Zila Panchyat, District Kanker C.G. 6 - Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchyat, Bhanupratappur, District Kanker C.G. 7 - Chief Executive Officer Janpad Panchayat, Antagarh, District Kanker C.G. ... Respondents ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioners : Mr. Ashish Beck, Advocate For Respondents /State : Mr. Y.S. Thakur, Addl. Advocate General ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hon'ble Mr. Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice Hon'ble Mr. Bibhu Datta Guru , Judge Order on Board ROHIT KUMAR CHANDRA Digitally signed by ROHIT KUMAR CHANDRA 2 Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice 08.09.2025 1. Heard Mr. Ashish Beck, learned counsel for the petitioners as well as Mr. Y.S. Thakur, learned Additional Advocate General, appearing for the State/respondents. 2. The present petition has been filed by the petitioners under Article 226 of the Constitution of India styled as Public Interest Litigation, seeking following reliefs :- “(i) Call for the relevant records of the case. (ii) Declare that the hoardings set out in para 8.2 of this petition are unconstitutional, illegal and in violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 25 and 19(1)(d) of the Constitution of India. (iii) Directing the respondents to remove the illegal hoardings above mentioned. (iv) Directing the respondent authorities particularly the Collector and Superintendent of Police, District Kanker to visit the villages where the above mentioned hoardings have been erected and convene a meeting with the villagers/stake holders for the purpose of restoration of peace and harmony among different communities in order to instill a sense of security among Christians in the district of Kanker. (iv) Pass any other order(s) which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the peculiar facts and circumstances of the present case.” 3. As preliminary objection has been raised by learned Additional Advocate General, appearing for the State/respondents that the 3 respective Gram Panchayats, who have placed the alleged hoardings, have not been party and in the earlier writ petition which was filed being WPC No. 1759 of 2014, the concerned Gram Panchayat was made a party and so far as petitioner No.2 is concerned, it is stated that he is resident of Village – Havechur, Gram Panchayat – Bondanar, Tehsil – Antagarh, District – Kanker, he would have filed writ petition with the nomenclature ‘WPC’. 4. So far as petitioner No.1 is concerned, learned counsel for the petitioner states that he has filed the present petition as he has no personal interest in the matter, but as the respective Gram Panchayats have not been made party, descriptions of which have been made in para No.8.2 of writ petition, the present petition be dismissed as withdrawn with liberty to file duly constituted petition with appropriate parties. 5. Accordingly, the instant petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 6. Security amount deposited by the petitioners shall be refunded back to the petitioners. Sd/- Sd/- (Bibhu Datta Guru) (Ramesh Sinha) Judge Chief Justice Chandra