1 2026:CGHC:22111 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 363 of 2023 1 - Lalan Soni S/o Shri Mahaveer Soni Aged About 45 Years R/o Village And Tahsil Wadruf Nagar, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through - Department Of Revenue, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur Chhattisgarh 2 - The Commissioner, Surguja Division (Ambikapur), School Road, Gurunanak Chowk, Ambikapur Chhattisgarh 3 - The Collector, Balrampur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 4 - The Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Ramanujganj, District - Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 5 - The Tahsildar, Balrampur, District - Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 6 - Shubhag Singh S/o Late Vishnu Singh Aged About 20 Years R/o Village Balrampur, Ward No. 14, Tahsil Balrampur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 7 - Namrata Singh D/o Late Vishnu Singh Aged About 22 Years R/o RAGHVENDRA JAT Digitally signed by RAGHVENDRA JAT 2 Village Balrampur, Ward No. 14, Tahsil Balrampur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 8 - Shalini Singh D/o Late Vishnu Singh Aged About 19 Years R/o Village Balrampur, Ward No. 14, Tahsil Balrampur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh 9 - Shakuntala Singh W/o Late Vishnu Singh, Aged About 45 Years R/o Village Balrampur, Ward No. 14, Tahsil Balrampur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj Chhattisgarh ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Akath Kumar Yadav, Advocate. For Respondent(s)/State : Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, Panel Lawyer. For Respondents No. 6 to 9 : Mr. Rakesh Kumar Jha, Advocate. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 11/05/2026 1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 To call for the records of the case for the kind perusal of this Hon'ble Court. 10.2 To issue an appropriate writ or order and declare that the impugned order dated 25.10.21 (Annexure P-1) be quashed and set aside. 10.3 To issue an appropriate writ or order to the respondent authorities to reverse the order passed by respondent no.2 and upheld the order passed by 3 respondent no.3 and the entire land be return back to the government and is registered as "Chhote Jhad Ke Jungle" and directed the respondents to give same land be returned to the petitioner. 10.4 Any other relief deemed fit in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be granted.” 2. At the very outset, learned counsel for respondents No. 6 to 9 has raised objection that the petitioner is having alternate efficacious remedy against the order challenged in this writ petition. 3. The objection raised by the learned counsel for respondents No. 6 to 9 has not been disputed by the counsel for the petitioner and as such, learned counsel for petitioner seeks permission of this Court to withdraw this writ petition with liberty to avail alternate efficacious remedy available under the law. However, he prays for return of certified copies of the documents annexed with writ petition. 4. Since the petitioner is having alternative remedy under the law as decided in WPC No.3123 of 2022 as also in WPC No.5406 of 2025, the petitioner is directed to approach before the concerned authority i.e. the State under the Revenue Book Circular, therefore, in case the petitioner files appropriate revision along with stay application within 15 days before the appropriate authority the State as per Revenue Book Circular, then till the decision on the stay application which is to be decided within further period of 30 days the order of status quo granted by this 4 Court shall remain intact. 5. In view of above, the writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as prayed for. 6. The office is directed to return certified copies of the documents to learned counsel for petitioner after retaining its photocopies in record. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Raghu Jat