\ /‘\ 2% 3% 4'. ‘J‘ p-EITITION UNDER ARTIcms 226/227 01" THE TITUTION OF INDIA IN Tim HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BILASPUR (CoG.) WRIT pmrrIoN momQH/wf 2001 BETWEEN 3” PETITIONER AND Lal chand s/o Motiram Bacmani.aged 42 years. resident of Tilda Camp. Raipuw / Naznl Officer. Raipur‘: Tahsildar shri Natal: .‘rahsildar Tilda. Raipur? shri K.p.Sharma .patwari Hand. rid§15meura Raj-pm o Shri Patiram Sahu, Patwari Halka No.7. Tilda ,2a1purEé / REsPONDENTS Mohan Lal s/o Notamal aged about 48 years. residmt f Gurunanak ward. Sindhi Camp Tilda District WRIT CONS o ‘ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WRIT PETITION NO. 21 54 OF 2001 Petitioner ‘ Mohan Lal Versus Responden‘ Lal Chand & Others WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (SB : Hon’ble Mr. Satish K. @gnihotri, J.) P resent :‘ Shri Awadh Tripathi, Advocate forathe petiticner. Shri Manoj Paranjape, Advocate for the respondent No.1 . Shri A.S. Kachhawaha, Dy. Advocate General for the gate. ORDER ORAL) (Passed on 4t day of October, 2010) 1. The'present writ petition arises from the impugned order dated 19.3,1999 v passed by the Tahsildar, Tiida, District Raiplir. There—against the efficacious ' ,M alternative statutory forum of preferring ah: appeal before the Commissioner (Revenue) is available. This is a case where the dispute is with regard to grant of patta of the lands. There is noreasonvto entertain this petition directly against the order passed by the Tahsildar, when statutory appeal is available. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submiis that if the petitioner approaches the Commissioner today, there may be problem of limitation. 3. Be that as it may, the Court of Commissioner is competent to decide the Revenue disputes, not the 'High Court ingexercise of its power under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. 4. Thus, the petition is not maintainable ,on the ground of the fact that ‘ efficacious statutory alternative forum is available: However, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to approach the statutory forum under the provisions g: law, if so advised. ln the event, an appeal is preferred to the Commissioner, since the petitioner was pursuing the remedy in this Court under bona fide belief, the limitation would start from the date of passing of this order. 5. ln the result, the writ petition is dismissed with the aforesaid observation/ 7/2