1 2026:CGHC:25288 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 2958 of 2026 1 - Anand Kumar Chandrakar S/o Shri Rohit Kumar Chandrakar Aged About 48 Years R/o H. No. 122 Ward No. 07 Kodiya, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 2 - Sant Ram Yadav S/o Shri Tula Ram Yadav Aged About 79 Years R/o H. No. 109 Ward No. 07, Kodiya, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 3 - Toran Ram Thakur S/o Shri Maya Ram Thakur Aged About 48 Years R/o H. No. 172 Ward No. 11 Changori, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 4 - Punaram Dewangan S/o Shri Bisauram Dwangan Aged About 63 Years R/o Purai, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 5 - Narendra Kumar Sahu S/o Shri Faguwa Ram Sahu Aged About 37 Years R/o H. No. 46 Ward No. 01 Purai, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 6 - Shiv Shankar Nishad S/o Shri Dev Heera Ram Nishad Aged About 55 Years R/o H. No. 221/2 Ward No. 14 Kodiya, Pauwara, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 7 - Manoj Kumar S/o Shri Kumar Singh Aged About 39 Years R/o H. No. 127 Bhanpuri, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. RAGHVENDRA JAT Digitally signed by RAGHVENDRA JAT 2 8 - Prem Lal Deshmukh S/o Shri Heraman Deshmukh Aged About 67 Years R/o H. No. 77, Ward No. 5, Changori, Anjora, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 9 - Venkateshwar S/o Shri Chintamani Aged About 50 Years R/o Kargadih, Khopli, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 10 - Someswar S/o Shri Chintamani Aged About 43 Years R/o Kargadih, Khopli, Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - South East Central Railway Through Chief Administrative Officer (Construction) Office, Jagmal Chowk Road, Railway Settlement, Bilaspur, C.G. 2 - The State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Naya Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 3 - The Collector Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. 4 - The Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue) Sub Division Durg, Distt. Durg, Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Shivam Mishra, Advocate. For Respondent(s)/SECR : Mr. Ramakant Mishra, DSGI. For Respondent/State : Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Addl. A.G. Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 3 22/06/2026 1. By way of this petition, the petitioners has prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to call for the records of the case for the kind perusal of this Hon'ble Court. 10.2 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to appropriate writ, order or Issue an direction directing the respondents to disclose the complete acquisition proceedings, including the statutory provisions invoked, notifications, survey reports and other relevant documents, and further grant due notice and adequate opportunity of hearing to the petitioners and other affected land owners. 10.3 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to conduct a fresh and transparent survey of the affected lands and to properly assess and record the nature of the lands and all structures, trees, borewells, irrigation facilities and other assets standing thereon for the purpose of determination of compensation. 10.4 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to undertake the acquisition proceedings 4 strictly in accordance with law and to determine fair compensation and other statutory benefits after following due process and principles of natural justice. 10.5 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing the respondents to decide the petitioner's all representation before completing acquisition proceeding. 10.6 This Hon'ble may kindly be pleased to issue Any other relief deemed fit in the facts and circumstances of the case may also be granted.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the Railway is proposing to construct a railway line and for that there is proposal to acquire the land belonging to the petitioners, to which, the petitioners have submitted multiple representations before the concerned Authority, however, according to the petitioners till date same have not been considered and decided. As such, the petitioners seeking a direction to the concerned respondent- authority to consider and decide their pending representations as per relevant law/rules. 3. Learned counsel for the SECR as well as the State Counsel submit that till today only survey is going on and so far as the proposal for acquisition is concerned, it is yet to be finalized. If any representation of the petitioners is pending, same will be decided as per applicable law/rules. Learned State Counsel further pointed out that after survey, the railways has already published a 5 notification dated 24.05.2026 in the Dainik Bhaskar news paper in Raipur circle. 4. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 5. Considering facts of the case, submissions of counsel for the parties, the instant petition stands disposed of directing the petitioners to approach before the concerned Railway Authority in order to decide their representations. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Raghu Jat