1 / 2 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 5657 of 2025 • Sumitra Mandal D/o Late Chandrakant Mandal Aged About 56 Years R/o Majhlipara Sargawa, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt- Raipur (C.G.) 2. The Commissioner Surguja Division, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja C.G. 3. The Collector Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, C.G. 4. Sub-Divisional Officer (R) Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, C.G. 5. Tehsildar Ambikapur Distt- Surguja, C.G. 6. Deputy Registrar Ambikapur Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, C.G. 7. Ashok Kumar Agarwal S/o Late L.P. Agarwal R/o Agrasen Ward, Ambikapur, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja, Chhattisgarh ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Sajal Kumar Gupta, Advocate For Respondent -State : Mr. Praveen Das, Dy. Adv. General Hon'ble Shri Parth Prateem Sahu, Judge ORDER ON BOARD 30/10/2025 1. Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking following reliefs. “10.1 That the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to issue an appropriate writ, order or direction particularly a writ in the nature of mandamus, directing the Respondent no. 3-the Collector, District Surguja, Ambikapur, to forthwith decdie the petitioner’s pending application for permission to sell rehabilitation land under Section 165(7-B) of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, registered as Revenue Proceeding No. 202110021700096 years 2021- 22, Class A-21, within a stipulated time period PAWAN KUMAR JHA Digitally signed by PAWAN KUMAR JHA Date: 2025.10.30 18:06:42 +0530 2 / 2 of 15 days as as may be fixed by this Hon’ble Court. 10.2 Any other relief which this Hon’ble Court deems fit in the facts and circumstances, may also be granted in favour of petitioner.” 2. Learned counsel for petitioner submits that at this stage petitioner is making a prayer for issuance of direction to Respondent No. 3-Collector to take decision on the application submitted by petitioner seeking permission to sell the land recorded in the name of petitioner. Application of petitioner is pending since 2021. 3. Learned State counsel submits that according to his instruction, the land which is subject matter of application in this petition is the land allotted under the rehabilitation scheme of the State Government. Petitioner for the reasons best known to him has not enclosed copy of patta which also bears conditions under which the patta, if any, was issued in his favour. He however submits that in view of the limited prayer made by learned counsel for petitioner seeking direction to Respondent No. 3-Collector to take decision on the pending application, he is having no objection to the limited prayer. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties. 5. Taking into consideration the nature of grievance raised by petitioner, submission of counsel for the parties and the limited relief as sought for by the petitioner of issuance of direction to Respondent No. 3-Collector to take decision on the pending application, without commenting anything on the claim of petitioner, this writ petition at this stage is disposed of directing Respondent No. 3-Collector, Ambikapur, District Surguja, to take decision on the pending application of petitioner in accordance with law, expeditiously preferably within a further period of 03 months from the date of receipt of copy of this order. Certified copy as per rules. Sd/- (Parth Prateem Sahu) pwn JUDGE