1 CGHC010272142026 2026:CGHC:32435 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 3915 of 2026 1 - Sanjay Prakash Sao S/o Late Shri Ramkumar Sao, Aged About 55 Years R/o Barethpara, Village And Post Dongri, P.S. And Tehsil Balouda, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Land Acquisition, Mahanadi Bhawan, Mantralaya, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Collector, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 3 - Sub-Divisional Officer (Rev) / Competent Authority ( Land Acquisition), Janjgir / Akaltara, District Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) 4 - Natioanal Highway Authority Of India, ( N H A I ), Through Its Project Director, Project Implementation Unit, Bilaspur District Bilaspur (C.G.) 5 - Chhattisgarh State Power Transmission Company Limited (C S P T C L), Through Its Managing Director, Danganiya, Raipur District Raipur (C.G.) 6 - The Assistant Engineer (E H T- Maint Dn.) C S P T C L, Champa District Janjgir - Champa (C.G.) VISHAKHA BEOHAR Digitally signed by VISHAKHA BEOHAR 2 7 - General Manager, National Thermal Power Corporation ( N T P C) Seepat District Bilaspur (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from the Case Information System) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioner :- Syed Afaque Hussain Rizvi, Advocate For State :- Dr. Saurabh Kumar Pande, Dy. A.G. For respondent-NHAI:- Mr. Dhiraj Kumar Wankhede, Advocate ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SB-Hon’ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 28.07.2026 1. By way of this petition, following reliefs have been prayed:- “10.1 Allow this petition and issue a writ of Certiorari or any other appropriate writ quashing the Impugned Notices issued under Section 164 of the Electricity Act, 2003, dated 20.06.2024 (Notice Nos. 30, 31, 32, and 33) issued by Respondent No. 6 (Annexure P-4). 10.2 Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the concerned Respondent authorities to explore technically feasible alternative alignment options or safely bypass the heavily congested private agricultural property of the Petitioner bearing Khasra No. 293/5. 10.3 Alternatively, issue a writ of Mandamus directing the Respondents to strictly comply with 3 the judicial mandate passed in W.P.(C) No. 1538 of 2025, restraining them from taking any forceful/coercive physical possession until a formal joint demarcation is conducted, and a comprehensive determination and disbursement of the actual accumulated financial damages, tree losses, crop losses, and land value diminution amounting to ₹25,00,000/- is fully finalized by the Competent Authority. 10.4 Any other relief, which this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper, may also be passed in favor of the petitioner” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the verification in respect of the petitioner's claim for payment of compensation is yet to be conducted by the competent authority. It is submitted that despite the petitioner having submitted his claim, the verification process has not been completed, as a result of which the petitioner has not been granted compensation. 3. Learned counsel appearing for respondent–National Highways Authority of India submits that after due verification of the petitioner's claim and the relevant documents, the petitioner shall be paid compensation strictly in accordance with law, if found entitled. It is further submitted that there is no deviation from the prescribed procedure and the petitioner's claim shall be considered on its own merits. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 4 5. Considering the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the petitioner to approach the competent authority in terms of the notice already issued to him by submitting all relevant documents required for verification of his claim. 6. Upon such documents being submitted by the petitioner, the competent authority shall verify the claim and consider the petitioner's case in accordance with law. In the event no final order has yet been passed, the competent authority shall pass an appropriate reasoned order expeditiously, preferably within a reasonable period, after affording the petitioner an opportunity of hearing, if so required. 7. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. 8. No order as to costs. sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Vishakha