1 CGHC010313042026 2026:CGHC:36111 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 4202 of 2026 M/s Fhone Fix a Firm Duly Registered As Micro Enterprise Under The Provisions Of The Micro, Small And Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006 having Its Registered Office At Fhonefix Godown, Beside E.O.S. Cinema, Bazarpara, Kondagaon, Chhattisgarh - 494226 Represented Through Its Proprietor Shubham Sancheti. ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - Samadhan Micro And Small Enterprises Facilitation Council MSEFC Chhattisgarh Through Director, Directorate Of Industries, Udyog Bhavan, Ring Road, Telibandha, Raipur, Chhattisgarh. 2 - The Chief Medical And Health Officer (C.M.H.O.) District - Bijapur, Chhattisgarh - 494444 3 - The Collector And District Magistrate Collectorate Campus, District Bijapur, Chhattisgarh – 494444 4 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary, Industrial Department, Mahanadi Bhawan Mantralay, Atal Nagar, Nawa Raipur, District - Raipur Chhattisgarh. ... Respondent(s) (Cause Title downloaded from CIS Periphery) For Petitioner(s) : Ms. Krati Dubey, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Shobhit Mishra, Dy. GA SHYNA AJAY Digitally signed by SHYNA AJAY Date: 2026.08.17 11:03:29 +0530 2 S B: Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 13/08/2026 1. By way of this petition, the petitioner seeks the following reliefs : a. Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction directing Respondent No. 1, i.e., the Learned Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC), Chhattisgarh, to expeditiously decide the pending Claim Petition No. ED- 2026-0014477 of 2026 filed by the Petitioner under Section 18 of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, within a time-bound period as may be fixed by this Hon'ble Court. b. Pass any other order(s) or direction(s) as this Hon'ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the reference/claim petition filed before Respondent No.1-Micro and Small Enterprises Facilitation Council (MSEFC) remains pending despite expiration of the statutory period. She makes a limited prayer to dispose of this petition with a direction to respondent No.1 to decide the subject claim case within a stipulated period. 3. At this stage, learned counsel for the State submits that in view of Section 18(5) of of the Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises Development Act, 2006, every dispute made to the MSEFC ought to be decided within a period of 90 days from the date of reference. 4. Considering the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the 3 petitioner, without entering into the merits of the case, this Petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.1 to consider and decide the pending subject claim petition/reference in accordance with law, expeditiously, preferably within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order, taking into account that the statutory period under Section 18(5) of the Act, 2006, has already elapsed. 5. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the Petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Shyna Ajay