1 CGHC010358462026 2026:CGHC:40556 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 4722 of 2026 1 - Thinaram S/o Shukhu Aged About 56 Years R/o Village Kadora, P/s Pasta, Tahsil Rajpur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G) Presently Residing At Village Jhapi Dara, Tahsil Bagicha, District Jashpur (C.G.) ... Petitioner versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through Secretary Department Of Revenue, Mantralaya, New Raipur District (C.G.) 2 - Collector District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 3 - The Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue) Rajpur District Balrampur- Ramanujganj (C.G.) 4 - The Tahsildar Rajpur District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) 5 - Abdul Rashid S/o Mahbub Aalam Aged About 37 Years Village Kadora, P/s Pasta, Tahsil Rajpur, District Balrampur Ramanujganj (C.G.) ... Respondents For Petitioner : Mr. Rohan, Advocate For State : Dr. Arham Siddiqui, PL Hon'ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 17/09/2026 1. The petitioner, in this Writ Petition, has prayed for the following reliefs:- “10.1 Issue an appropriate writ, order or direction, particularly a writ in the nature of PRIYANKA VERMA Digitally signed by PRIYANKA VERMA Date: 2026.09.18 11:49:03 +0530 2 mandamus, directing Respondent No.3, i.e. the learned Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Rajpur, District Balrampur- Ramanujganj, to expeditiously conclude and decide Revenue Appeal Case No. 202507270700030/A-6/2025, preferred by the Petitioner under Section 44 of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959; 10.2. Direct the concerned Respondents to ensure production/transmission of the original record before Respondent No.3 forthwith, so that the statutory appeal may proceed without any further avoidable delay; 10.3. Direct Respondent No.2 to decide the aforesaid appeal within a stipulated period, from the date of receipt of a certified copy of the order passed by this Hon'ble Court 10.4. Direct Respondent No.3 to avoid unnecessary adjournments and to decide the appeal strictly in accordance with law, on its own merits and after affording reasonable opportunity of hearing to all concerned parties; 10.5. 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 for the petitioner submits that he has filed an application under Section 44 of the CG Land Revenue Code before the concerned SDO, Rajpur, which has been pending since 26.06.2025. He 3 submits that the concerned SDO (Revenue), Rajpur, may be directed to decide the same expeditiously. He would further submit that due to requisitioning of the record, the matter is being adjourned again and again, therefore, the concerned SDO (Revenue) may be directed to call for the record immediately and to pass an appropriate order in accordance with law. 3. Learned State counsel has no objection to the limited prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. Having considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the concerned SDO (Revenue), Rajpur, is directed to call for the relevant records in the case and decide the matter expeditiously in accordance with law, preferably within a period of 45 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. 5. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the present petition stands disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Priyanka