i ‘1 WW ' x CHHATTISGARH M 0 /arbansh Singh, aged bout 65 years. S/o Late Shn‘ Pritam singh, resident of Shyam Nagar, Ravi Gram, Raipr Versus 1. x sate of Chhattisgarh through Principal Sretary (Revenue), Raipur . Commissioner, Raipur ivision Raipur 3. 2 D Colleor, Raipurhi/iattisgarh WRIT PETITION UNDER SECTION 226327 OF THE ' M CONSTITUTION OF INDIA ,W /@ C / IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR, w.P.No: /é V2001 V/H é u PETITIONER RESPONDENTS / ec ct LC @ HLGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETlTlON NO.1064 OF 2001 MM Harhansh Singh PETiTlONER Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Others (Writ Petition under Article 226/227 of the Cdnstitution of India) Single Bench '2 Hon’bie Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present :- Shri Ranbir Singh Marhas, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri P.K. Bhaduri, Panel Lawyer for the State. RESPONDENTS ORDER ORAL) (Passed on this 31$ day of August, 2010) Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that though the petitioner was vastavik niwasi (W W) at Raipur of the then State of Madhya Pradesh, as defined under the Revenue Book Circular (Part lV — No.3 page 666), the petitioner could not establish his residence since 1956 in the then State of Madhya Pradesh and. presently in the State of Chhattisgarh at Raipur, thus the orders were passed by the Collector, thereafter'in appeai before the Commissioner and in the revision before the StaterGovernment holding that the petitioner was not a resident of State of Chhattisgarhi Accordingly, his application for allotment of agricultural land, as per the provisions of the circular dated , 9—8—1983 issued by‘the State'Government, had been rejected. The petitioner seeks permission of this Court to make fresh application in order to establish the fact that he was/is a resident pf Raipur for the last 12 years before making the application in 1994, again. g At this juncture, learned counsel appearing for the State submits that having regard to the extraordinary services rendered by the petitioner in lndian Navy, it would be proper, if a fresh opportunity is l l afforded to the petitioner to establish his case with regard to his residence before the competent authority. in Revenue Book Circular (Part lV — No.3 page 666) there is a provision for allotment of agricultural land to certain persons The relevant provision reads as under : “mvwvagtsilnzm Era? WdWa‘rwqifirardaaart%Ri WW mat aft tErwa We gq W’lem WWaé‘rwa— XXX XXX _XXX XXX XXX ' XXX XXX XXX XXX WW. (e) “W Mam w W at}, lsrwuf%mmrtwaw12aé For the reasons mentionedhereinabove, the petition is disposed of reserving liberty to the petitioner ‘to make fresh application indicating compliance of the requirement for grant of agricultural land. The Collector, in turn, is directed to examine the application of the petitioner in accordance with law and pass appropriate order as early as possible, if an application is made by the petitioner. Theres’hall be no order asto costs.