1 2025:CGHC:56026 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR MCC No. 1144 of 2025 1 - Assistant General Manager (Shop Lease And License) S A I L Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District Durg Chhattisgarh 2 - Chief General Manager ( T A And C S R) S A I L, Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District Durg Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Bhagwat Tiwari S/o J.L. Tiwari Aged About 69 Years R/o Shop No. 170 Situated In New Civic Centre Bhilai, Durg, District Durg Chhattisgarh 2 - Steel Authority Of India Through Its Chairman, Having Its Corporate OfÏce At Ispat Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Lodhi Road, New Delhi 110003 3 - Bhilai Steel Plant (S A I L) Through Chief Executive OfÏcer, Bhilai Steel Plant Bhilai, District - Durg Chhattisgarh 4 - Manager (Esate) Town Administration Department, S A I L Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District - Durg Chhattisgarh 5 - Additional Town Administrator (Admn.) S A I L Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District - Durg Chhattisgarh 6 - Assistant Manager Estate (Shops) S A I L Bhilai Steel Plant, Bhilai, District - Durg Chhattisgarh 7 - Chief General Manager (Personnel) Corporate OfÏce At Ispat Bhavan, 3rd Floor, Lodhi Road, New Delhi – 110003 8 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh 9 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Commerce And Industries Department, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, Chhattisgarh 2 10 - Union Of India Through Ministry Of Steel, Udyog Bhawan, New Delhi 110011 ... Respondent For Applicant : Mr. Prangal Agarwal, Advocate. For Respondent No. 1: Mr. Anmol Varma, Advocate For UOI : Ms. Shewta Rai, on behalf of Mr. Ramakant Mishra, DSGI Hon’ble Shri Arvind Kumar Verma, Judge Order on Board 18/11/2025 1. This MCC has been filed for modification of order dated 20.08.2025 passed in WPC No. 4401 of 2025. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant prays to modify the order dated 20.08.2025 passed in WPC No. 4401 of 2025 to the extent of expunging/omitting the word “arbitrary” used in the findings recorded in paragraph no. 6 of the order in relation to the decision of the Board of Directors of the Steel Authority of India Limited in its 340th Meeting held on 21st and 25th July, 2008, in the interest of justice. 3. Learned counsel for the respondent/s raised no objection in this regard. 4. Heard learned counsels for the respective parties at length and perused the record with utmost circumspection. 5. Para 6 of the order dated 20.08.2025 passed by this Hon’ble Court in WPC No. 4401 of 2025 reads as under: “6. On perusal of record, this Court found that the Board of Directors of the Steel Authority of India Limited in its 340th Meeting held on 21st and 25th July, 2008 have levied the arbitrary charges and increased the the lease rent. Then on 13.12.2013 the respondents issued a offer letter to the petitioner and the petitioner has approached the Court by way of this writ petition on 01.08.2025, i.e., after lapse of 17 years, therefore, it is crystal clear that the petitioner was sleeping over his right.” 3 6. On due consideration and for the reasons mentioned therein I am inclined to allow the present MCC. Para 6 of the order dated 20.08.2025 in WPC No. 4401of 2025 will now be read as under: “6. On perusal of record, this Court found that the Board of Directors of the Steel Authority of India Limited in its 340th Meeting held on 21st and 25th July, 2008 have levied the charges and increased the the lease rent. Then on 13.12.2013 the respondents issued a offer letter to the petitioner and the petitioner has approached the Court by way of this petition on 01.08.2025, i.e., after lapse of 17 years, therefore, it is crystal clear that the petitioner was sleeping over his right.” 7. In view of the above, the present MCC is allowed. Sd/- (Arvind Kumar Verma) JUDGE Jyoti