1 CGHC010363002026 2026:CGHC:42907 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 4844 of 2026 1 - Reshamlal Mahilane S/o Shri Benuram Mahilane Aged About 54 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 2 - Thadaram Mahilane S/o Shri Sovardhan Mahilane Aged About 59 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 3 - Thadaram Banjare S/o Shri Bartaram Banjare Aged About 76 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 4 - Suresh Kumar Mahilane S/o Shri Enaram Mahilane Aged About 44 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 5 - Kumud Keshar Mahilane S/o Shri Enaram Mahilane Aged About 35 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 6 - Dinesh Kumar Madhukar S/o Shri Enaram Madhukar Aged About 46 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 7 - Santosh Bharti S/o Shri Chhatram Bharti Aged About 48 Years RAVVA UTTEJ KUMAR RAJU Digitally signed by RAVVA UTTEJ KUMAR RAJU Date: 2026.10.06 18:31:05 +0530 2 Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 8 - Santosh Bharti S/o Shri Chhatram Bharti Aged About 48 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 9 - Agasa Bai Ratnakar W/o Shri Kanhaiya Ratnakar Aged About 72 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 10 - Shridhar Banjare S/o Shri Dauram Banjare Aged About 45 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 11 - Yadram Mahilane S/o Shri Setaram Mahilane Aged About 54 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 12 - Domlal Jolhe S/o Shri Dauram Jolhe Aged About 57 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 13 - Chetan Kumar Mahilane S/o Shri Yadram Mahilane Aged About 32 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 14 - Lokram Banjare S/o Shri Mohitram Banjare Aged About 65 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 15 - Sunil S/o Shri Mohitram Aged About 24 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 16 - Santosh Mahilane S/o Shri Sitaram Mahilane Aged About 57 Years 3 Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 17 - Mohit Kumar Mahilane S/o Shri Kirtan Mahilane Aged About 40 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) 18 - Phirtu Ram Ratnakar S/o Shri Rambharose Ratnakar Aged About 47 Years Occupation- Agriculturist, Residents Of Village Bhadra, Tahsil Sarangarh, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (Chhattisgarh) ... Petitioners Versus 1 - State of Chhattisgarh Through Its Secretary, Department Of Revenue And Disaster Management, Mantralaya, Capital Complex, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal Nagar, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - Collector Office Of The Collector, District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (C.G.) 3 - The Sub-Divisional Officer Land Acquisition Officer, District Sarangarh- Bilaigarh (C.G.) 4 - Tahsildar Office Of The Tahsildar, Sarangarh District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (C.G.) 5 - The Executive Engineer Public Works Department (Pwd), District Sarangarh-Bilaigarh (C.G.) ... Respondents (Cause title is downloaded from CIS Periphery.) For Petitioners : Mr. Rajendra Kumar Patel, Advocate. For State : Mr. Hariom Rai, P.L. Hon’ble Shri Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad. Order on Board 4 05.10.2026 1. By way of the present petition, the petitioners have called in question the inaction of the respondent authorities in determining and paying compensation for their agricultural lands acquired and utilized for the construction of the Bhadra-Padrikala Road, despite their entitlement thereto under the applicable law. The petitioners are seeking for following reliefs:- “10.1 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to issue a suitable writ, order directing the respondent authorities to grant benefit of the compensation of the acquired land of the petitioner. 10.2 That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased direct the respondents to complete the entire process of determination and disbursement of compensation, along with interest of 9% per annum from the date of taking possession till expiry of one year; and interest of 15 % per annum thereafter till actual payment of the entire compensation amount. 10.3 Any other relief which this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper may also be passed in favour of the petitioner’s together with cost of the petition.” 2. Mr. Rajendra Kumar Patel, learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the lands belonging to the petitioners have been utilized for construction of the Bhadra-Padrikala Road in District Raigarh and that the construction work has already commenced. 5 It is further submitted that, pursuant to the application made by the petitioners before the concerned authority, the Sub-Divisional Officer, PWD, Sarangarh (C.G.), has addressed a communication to the Sub-Divisional Officer (Revenue), Sarangarh, requesting demarcation of the land in question so as to ascertain the factual position with regard to the claim as raised by the petitioners. 3. Mr. Hariom Rai, P.L. ,learned counsel for the State submits that the concerned Revenue Authorities shall undertake the demarcation proceedings in accordance with law and, after issuing due notice to the concerned parties and adjoining landholders/persons, shall take appropriate steps in accordance with the applicable provisions. 4. Having considered the submissions made by learned counsel for the parties and upon perusal of the material available on record, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the concerned Revenue Authorities to conduct demarcation proceedings in accordance with Section 129 of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code,1959 and the Rules framed thereunder, for the purpose of ascertaining the factual position with regard to the claim raised by the petitioners. The concerned Revenue Authorities shall issue due notice to all the petitioners as well as the adjoining landholders/persons likely to be affected and, thereafter, conduct the demarcation proceedings in accordance with law. The entire exercise shall be completed and the demarcation report shall be submitted before the competent authority within a period of 45 6 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 claim of the petitioners, and the same shall be considered by the competent authority in accordance with law on the basis of the demarcation report. 5. With this observation and direction, this petition stands disposed of. 6. No order as to costs. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge U.K. Raju