1 2026:CGHC:26331 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3145 of 2026 1. Gokul Uraon S/o Late Damrudhar Uraon Aged About 28 Years Caste Uraon (St) Resident Of Village- Barhaguda Tehsil Chandrapur District- Sakti Chhattisgarh. 2. Umesh Uraon S/o Late Damrudhar Uraon Aged About 27 Years Caste (St) Resident Of Village Barhaguda Tehsil Chandrapur District- Sakti, Chhattisgarh. 3. Dhannjay Uraon S/o Late Damrudhar Uraon Aged About 25 Years Caste (St) Resident Of Village Barhaguda Tehsil Chandrapur District- Sakti, Chhattisgarh. 4. Tejmati W/o Damrudhar Uraon Aged About 43 Years Caste (St) Resident Of Village Barhaguda Tehsil Chandrapur District- Sakti, Chhattisgarh. ... Petitioners versus 1. State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan Atal Nagar New Raipur Chhattisgarh. 2. Secretary Department Of Water Resource Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhavan Atal Nagar New Raipur Chhattisgarh. 3. Collector District Sakti Chhattisgarh. 4. Sub Divisional Officer (R) Cum Land Acquisition Officer Dabhara District Sakti Chhattisgarh. 5. Executive Engineer Raigarh Division Raigarh District- Raigarh, Chhattisgarh ... Respondents (Cause title taken from Case Information System) For Petitioner : Dr. Sudeep Agrawal, Advocate. For State/Respondents : Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, P.L. Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 29/06/2026 DEEPTI JHA Digitally signed by DEEPTI JHA 2 1. Heard. 2. It is submitted by counsel for the petitioner that petitioner is the owner of the land bearing Khasra No.779/2 area 0.0570 hectare situated at village Chandrapur, Tehsil Chandrapur, District Sakti (C.G.). After the construction of Kalma Bairaj, the portion of the agricultural land of the petitioner in all the cases have come under submergence area of the Bairaj. Acquisition proceedings with respect to the land under submergence have not been drawn, with respect to the land of the petitioner. Therefore, it is prayed that a specific direction be issued to the respondent authorities to initiate the acquisition proceedings and grant compensation to the petitioner. 3. Learned State counsel submits that the petition may be disposed of with appropriate direction. 4. After considering on the submissions and perusing the documents filed alongwith the petition, this petition is disposed off at motion stage. The petitioner is granted liberty to file a fresh representation before the respondent authorities within a period of 15 days starting from today. After filing of such representations by the petitioner, the respondent authorities are directed to verify the claims made by the petitioner, to initiate acquisition proceeding, if necessary, and also determine the compensation in favour of the petitioner in case the land of the petitioner, which has been utilized as submergence area of the Kalma Bairaj, by the respondent authorities within a period of 90 days. 5. With the aforesaid observations, this petition is disposed off. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Deepti Jha