1 2026:CGHC:18279 NAFR HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WPC No. 1715 of 2026 1 - Samast Rajput Samaj (Entire Rajput Community) Gram Panchayat Lachhanpur, Tehsil-Janjgir, District- Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) Through Authorized Representative-Shubham Singh Rajput S/o Shri Vijay Singh Aged About 33 Years, R/o House No. 173, Lachhanpur, Gram Panchayat Lachhanpur, Tehsil Janjgir, District-Janjgir-Champa(C.G.) ... Petitioner(s) versus 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through The Secretary, Department Of Revenue, Mahanadi Bhawan, Nava Raipur, Atal Nagar, District Raipur (C.G.) 2 - The Commissioner, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur (C.G.) 3 - The Collector, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) 4 - Mohan Kumar Agarwal, S/o Late Madanlal Agarwal, R/o Birgahani Chowk, Champa, District Janjgir- Champa (C.G.) 5 - Dinesh Mittal, S/o Late Madanlal Agarwal, Aged About 59 Years R/o Village Lachhanpur, District Janjgir-Champa (C.G.) ... Respondent(s) For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Ramesh Nayak, Advocate. For Respondent(s)/ State : Mr. Rajkumar Gupta, Addl. A.G. RAGHVENDRA JAT Digitally signed by RAGHVENDRA JAT 2 Hon’ble Mr. Justice Amitendra Kishore Prasad Order on Board 22/04/2026 1. By way of this petition, the petitioner has prayed for following reliefs:- “10.1 issue a writ of Mandamus directing Respondent. No. 2 to hear and finally dispose of the pending Revision (Annexure P-2) within a fix period of 60 days refraining from fixing long dates of more than 15 days in this specific matter. 10.2 direct the Respondents to ensure that no further administrative adjournments are granted in manner that defeats the ends of justice. 10.3 grant any other relief which this Hon'ble Court deems fit.” 2. Brief facts of the case, is that, the petitioner is aggrieved by the grossly dilatory manner in which the proceedings are being conducted and the mechanical grant of prolonged adjournments by the Commissioner, Bilaspur Division (respondent No. 2) in Revision Case No. 202409990100116/B121/2024–25, arising out of a revision preferred by respondent No. 4 challenging the substantive eviction order dated 04.09.2024 passed by the Naib Tehsildar, Janjgir; it is submitted that by keeping the said revision pending indefinitely, respondent Nos. 4 and 5 continue to remain in unauthorized occupation of 2.00 acres of public utility land 3 earmarked for the construction of a Community Hall for the Rajput Samaj. Despite the lower court records having been made available since November, 2025, the matter is being adjourned repeatedly on vague and untenable grounds of “administrative exigencies,” and most recently, on 02.02.2026, respondent No. 2 has fixed the next date of hearing as 04.05.2026, thereby creating an arbitrary gap of nearly three months in what is otherwise a summary proceeding, effectively granting a de facto stay in favour of the encroachers without adjudication on merits, causing irreparable injury to the petitioner and defeating the very object and purpose of the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959; hence, the petitioner has approached this Hon’ble Court seeking its intervention to ensure that quasi-judicial functions are not rendered illusory on account of administrative delays and to obtain a direction for expeditious and time-bound disposal of the aforesaid revision. 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that a revision under Section 50 of the C.G. Land Revenue Code was filed by respondent No. 4 herein in which the petitioner has been made as party respondent No. 2 as such the petitioner is praying that the revision petition which has been filed before the Commissioner, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur way back on 19.9.2024 may be directed to be decided expeditiously. 4. On the other hand, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the State has opposed the same with considerable force, contending 4 that the submissions advanced on behalf of the petitioner are misconceived, devoid of merit, and untenable in law as well as on facts, and has accordingly urged that the reliefs sought by the petitioner do not warrant any interference by this Hon’ble Court. 5. I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the material available on record. 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, and further taking into account that although the petitioner is not the revisionist before the Commissioner, he is nevertheless a party to the revision proceedings and is directly affected by the outcome thereof, this Court deems it appropriate to direct the Commissioner, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur, to duly consider the matter and to decide the pending revision expeditiously, in accordance with law. 7. It has come to the notice of this Court that the revenue proceedings are being unduly delayed; accordingly, the Commissioner, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur, is hereby directed to take cognizance of the same and ensure that the matter is considered and decided expeditiously, strictly in accordance with law. 8. With this observation and direction, the writ petition is disposed of. Sd/- (Amitendra Kishore Prasad) Judge Raghu Jat