HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BiLi\SPUR. CHHATTISGARH §!NGLE BENCH: HON’BLE $HR! SR. NAYAK, QJ‘ WRIT PETITIGN NO.1434 CF 2003 PETITIONER Haririarayari Srivastav, aged about 71 years son of Shri Maheshla! Srivastav, resident of Gandhinagar‘ Ward No‘ 18 PG : Phundudihari, Ambikapur, Distt. Surguja (Chhatr‘ésgarh) V5. RESPQNDENT$ 1. Seuth Ea$tem Ceaifields Limited, Through: Its Chairman Cum Managing Directcnr, Head Quarters, Seepat Road, Bilaspur (Chhattiagarh) 2. The Chief General Manager, South Eastern Coaifields Limited. Chimiri Area, Distt. Korea, Chhattisgarh‘ 3. Cemmissioner, Biiaspur, Chhattisgarh 4. Ccirecter Distt. Koraa (C.G.) S. Sub Divisioriai Officer, Manendragarh, Distt. Korea (Chhattiagarh) Present: Mr. Vinay Pandey, learned cegnsel for the petitioner. Mr. Yashwant Singh, reamed GA” for the State of Chhattisgarh. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 12" January, 2006) The petitioner instead 0f making application under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (for short "the Act") wrongly submitted an application before the Commissioner for Revenue, Bilaspur Division, Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh State, the third respondent herein, for reference of his ciaim for more compensation to the CivilCourt. The a Commissioner for Revenue has rejected the appiication and directed the petitioner to make an application before the Collector. District Koréa. Instead of making applicatién under Section 18 6f the Acf befare the apprapriate Land Acquisition Officer, the faurth fespandent herein, the petitiener has filed this writ petition. The Commissioner fer Revenue is not the Land Acquisttion Ofticer. In that view cf the matter, the writ petition i$ dismissed, however, with n9 girder as to casts, § 7 Sdl- Chief Justice