1 2026:CGHC:14649 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 1358 of 2026 1 - Rajesh Kumar Ghosh S/o Sunil Ghosh Aged About 47 Years R/o Subhashnagar, I.E.Gandhinagar, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja (Chhattisgarh) [ 2 - Sushant Ghosh, S/o Sunil Ghosh, Aged About 45 Years R/o Subhashnagar, I.E. Gandhinagar, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja (Chhattisgarh) 3 - Mayarani Ghosh, W/o Sunil Ghosh Aged About 60 Years R/o Subhashnagar, I.E. Gandhinagar, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioners versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management, Mantralaya Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Distt. -Raipur (Chhattisgarh 2 - The Commissioner, Surguja Division, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, Chhattisgarh 3 - The Collector, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, Chhattisgarh 4 - Sub- Divisional Officer (R) Ambikapur, Distt.- Surguja, Chhattisgarh 5 - Tehsildar Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, 6 - Deputy Registrar Ambikapur, Ambikapur, Distt- Surguja, Chhattisgarh 7 - Sandeep Ghosh, S/o Shyam Sundar Ghosh, Aged About 38 Years R/o Subhashnagar, Thana Gandhinagar, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja (Chhattisgarh) ... Respondents {Cause title, as taken from Case Information System} 2 For Petitioners : Mr. Sajal Kumar Gupta, Advocate. For Respondents No. 1 to 6 : Mr. Sabyasachi Choubey, Dy. Govt. Advocate. {Hon’ble Mr. Justice Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi} Order on Board 27/03/2026 1. Instant writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India has been preferred by the petitioner seeking following reliefs:- a). Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing Respondent No. 3-Collector, Surguja, to decide the petitioner’s application for grant of permission to sell rehabilitation land under Section 165(7-B) of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, bearing Revenue Proceeding No. 202009020700080/840, year 2019-2020, Class B-121, within a stipulated time frame, preferably within a outer limit of 15 days; b) Pass any other order or direction which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the facts and circumstances of the case, in the interest of justice. 2. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners have been allotted subject land by Rehabilitation Department, Government of Chhattisgarh. On account of need of money for getting treatment of petitioner No. 3, the petitioners want to sell 75 decimal land of Khasra No. 123/7 situated at Subhash Nagar Village, Tehsil Ambikapur, District Surguja, to which they filed filed application (Annexure P-2) dated 4.9.2020 before Collector, Ambiikapur, District Surguja. He further submitted that a report was sought by the Collector in this regard, which has been given in favor of the petitioners, despite that respondent No. 3 – Collector, Ambiikapur, District Surguja. has not decided aforesaid application yet, hence, he prays that this petition may be disposed of directing Collector, Ambikapur, District Sarguja to decide the application (Annexure P-1) dated 4.9.2020 within a specific time frame. 3 3. Counsel for the State has no objection to allow the limited prayer made by counsel for the petitioners. 4. Heard counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 5. Having considered the limited prayer made by counsel for the parties, without entering into the merits of the case, this petition is disposed of directing the respondent No. 2 – Collector, Ambikapur, District Sarguja (C.G.) to decide the application (Annexure P-2) dated 4.9.2020 filed by petitioner expeditiously preferably within a period of 30 days from the date of receipt of copy of this order. 6. With the aforesaid observation & direction, this petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Naresh Kumar Chandravanshi) Judge amit AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Digitally signed by AMIT KUMAR DUBEY Date: 2026.04.04 18:10:40 +0530