1 CGHC010324782026 2026:CGHC:37263 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 4330 of 2026 1 - Najeer Ansari S/o- Sahadat Ali, Aged About 61 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 2 - Abdul Ajeez, S/o- Sahadat Ali Aged About 71 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 3 - Abdul Majeed , S/o- Sahadat Ali, Aged About 60 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - Mohammad Masheeruddin, S/o- Sahadat Ali Aged About 59 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Basheer Ahmed, S/o- Sahadat Ali, Aged About 60 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Gulam Mohammad, S/o- Sahadat Ali, Aged About 56 Years R/o- Ward No. 14, Village And Post - Vijaynagar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) 2 versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management, Mantralaya, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District- Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The District Collector, Balrampur- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 3 - The District Forest Officer, Balrampur- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - The Sub Divisional Officer (Revenue), Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - The Tahsildar, Tahsil- Ramanujganj, District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 6 - Parisar Rakshak, Forest Circle, Vijaynagar, Balrampur District- Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 7 - Gram Panchayat-Village Vijaynagar, Through The Secretary, Gram Panchayat- Vijaynagar, District-Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause-title taken from the Case Information System) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- For Petitioners :- Mrs. Shubha Shrivastava, Advocate For State :- Mr. Soumitra Kesharwani, P.L. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SB-Hon’ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 20.08.2026 3 1. Following reliefs have been prayed in this petition:- “10.1 That, this Hon'ble court may kindly be pleased to set-aside of impugned notices dated 05.05.2026 (Annexure P/1) issued by the respondent authorities; 10.2 That, this Hon'ble Court may kindly be direct the respondent authorities to consider & decide the application for grant of patta of the subject land, which is pending since 2019; 10.3 That, any other relief or reliefs may also be granted to the petitioners which this Hon'ble Court deems fit & proper in the facts and circumstances of the case.” 2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the petitioners are in occupation of the land in question since long and, according to the settlement record, the land in question has been recorded in the name of the petitioners. It is submitted that the respondents are now seeking to dispossess the petitioners and, in that regard, notice dated 05.05.2026 has been issued, which has led to filing of the present petition. 3. Learned State counsel submits that, as of now, only a notice has been issued to the petitioners. Therefore, the petitioners may submit their reply along with all relevant documents before the competent authority, whereupon the competent authority shall consider the same and take an appropriate decision in accordance with law. 4. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 4 5. In view of the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the petitioners are directed to submit their reply to the notice dated 05.05.2026, along with all relevant documents, before the competent authority within a period of 10 days from today. 6. On receipt of such reply and relevant documents, the competent authority shall consider the same and pass an appropriate and reasoned order, in accordance with law, within a period of 60 days thereafter. 7. Till the aforesaid period of 60 days, or till the competent authority passes an order, whichever is earlier, no coercive action shall be taken against the petitioners pursuant to the notice dated 05.05.2026. 8. With the aforesaid directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Vishakha