1 2026:CGHC:26044 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3110 of 2026 1. Ramkumar S/o Bhagwat Prasad Sahu Aged About 55 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 2. Kalechhram S/o Dular Aged About 48 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 3. Tekram S/o Mudiya Aged About 40 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 4. Jivan Lal S/o Tijram Aged About 40 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 5. Mohan S/o Chamru Aged About 32 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 6. Surendra Kumar S/o Pilu Ram Aged About 45 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 7. Dau Ram S/o Anuj Ram Aged About 74 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 8. Dayaram Aditya S/o Khemu Aditya Aged About 50 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 9. Devendra Kumar S/o Chamaru Ram Aged About 36 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 10. Khikhram S/o Vishwanath Aged About 60 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 11. Jitendra Kumar Tiwari S/o Damodar Aged About 45 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 12. Sitendra Kumar Tiwari S/o Damodar Aged About 42 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). DEEPTI JHA Digitally signed by DEEPTI JHA 2 13. Maya Ram S/o Tulsi Aged About 64 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 14. Jagannath Prasad S/o Resham Aged About 70 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). 15. Babulal S/o Pancham Aged About 50 Years R/o Village- Nagaridih, Post- Kera, Tahsil- Shivarinarayan, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). ... Petitioners versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Revenue And Disaster Management Department, Ministry, Mahanadi Bhavan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur (Chhattisgarh). 2. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- The Secretary, Water Resources Department, Ministry, Mahanadi Bhavan, Atal Nagar, Nava Raipur, District Raipur (Chhattisgarh). 3. The Collector Janjgir-Champa, District Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh). 4. The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Cum Land Acquisition Officer, Janjgir, District- Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh). 5. The Executive Engineer Water Resources Department, Champa, District- Janjgir-Champa (Chhattisgarh). ... Respondents (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioners : Mr. Sanjay Sahu, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Abhishek Chand Gupta, P.L. Hon’ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 25/06/2026 1. Heard. 2. This writ petition has been preferred by the petitioner under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court kindly be pleased to pass similar order in terms of order dated 23.04.2026 in WPC No.603/2026 (Annexure-P/3). In which the Hon’ble Court has passed orders to decide the applicant’s application within 90 days and pay the compensation amount to the non- applicants. 10.2 That, the Hon’ble Court may be pleased to pass a direction to the respondents/authorities to 3 solve the matter in a time bound period of 90 days. 10.3 Any other relief which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper may also be passed in favour of the petitioner.” 3. It is submitted by counsel for the petitioners that all the petitioners are owners of land situated in village Nagaridih, Post Kera, Tahsil Shivrinarayan, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.). It is further submitted that all the petitioners are agriculturists and their respective lands are coming under sub mergence on account of construction of Basantpur Bairaj over Mahanadi River. On 16.10.2025 representation (Annexure-P/1) has been moved for compensation before the Collector District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) and again on 19.12.2025 (Annexure-P/2) second representation has been preferred before the Collector District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) but till date, no land acquisition proceeding has been initiated by the respondents. He submits that the issue in hand has already been decided by coordinate Bench in WPC No.2468 of 2023 (Surendra Kumar and Others vs. State of Chhattisgarh and Others) decided on 14.06.2023, therefore, it is prayed that this petition may also be disposed of in terms of the observation/direction made in paragraph 4 & 5 of the said order. 4. Learned State counsel would not dispute the aforesaid prayer. 5. It would be apt to quote paragraph No.4 & 5 of the order dated 14.06.2023 which is as under:- “4. After considering on the submissions and perusing the documents filed along with the petition, this petition is disposed off at motion stage. The petitioners are granted liberty to file a fresh representation before the respondent authorities within a period of 15 days starting from today. After filing of such representation by the petitioners, the respondent authorities are directed to verify the claims made by the petitioners, initiate acquisition proceeding, if necessary, and also determine the compensation in favour of the petitioners in case the land of the 4 petitioners has been utilized as submergence area of the Basantpur Barrage, by the respondent authorities within a period of 90 days. 5. With the aforesaid observations, this petition is disposed off. 6. Since in the relief clause itself, the petitioner has sought that this petition may be disposed of in terms of the observation/direction made by this Court in paragraph No.4 & 5 of the order dated 14.06.2023, this Writ Petition is disposed of in terms and in line with the observation/direction made by this Court in paragraph No.4 and 5 of the order dated 14.06.2023. 7. However, notwithstanding anything above, petitioners shall approach the authorities concerned within a period of 30 days from the date of passing of this order. 8. Interlocutory application(s), pending if any, also stands disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Deepti Jha