/f^ i II ^Cft'.l -^^.^'••^•.••^ '^ l'- i^, ^&J^ ..B' ^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH. BILASPUR PETITIONER RESPONDENTS W.P.(C) No.1199 of 2011 Ramgulam Singh Thakur, S/o late Shri Gangu Singh Thakur, aged about 60 years, R/o Danteshwari Chowk, Raipur (C.G.) Versus 1 State of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary, General Administration Department, Secretariat, DKS Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2 Collector and District Magistrate, District Raipur (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA Appearance: Mr. Manoj Dubey, Advocate for the petitioner. Mr. M.P.S. Bhatia, Dy. Govt. Advocate for the State/respondents on advance copy. ORAL ORDER (04.03.2011) SUNIL KUMAR SINHA, J. Heard. Mr. Manoj Dubey, learned counsel for the petitioner, submits that the petitioner made a claim under" d)^rllflf u/www'y/f/'y'7/ (^fT/^t.SH^. S!K:^j^fcf) W ^Hlf^cl, ^mf ^ f^[ sff^r), Rules 2008". His claim was rejected by the District Magistrate and a communication to this effect was made vide memo dated 22/25-05-1 O (Annexure-P/5). Thereafter the petitioner filed a representation under Rule 8 of the aforesaid Rules before the State Government on 21.6.2010, but the same has not been disposed of till date. Therefore, the petitioner has filed this writ petition. He submits that the State Government may be suitably directed to dispose of the representation filed by the petitioner within a reasonable period. He referred to the provisions of Rule 9 of the aforesaid Rules in 1 W.P.('C)No.ll99of2011 which a period of 45 days has been prescribed for deciding the representation. The above prayer made by learned counsel for the petitioner is not opposed by the counsel for the State. However the State counsel submits that a reasonable time may be granted to the State Government so that if the representation has not been disposed of till date, it shall be disposed of in accordance with law. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, the petition is disposed of with a direction that if the representation filed by the petitioner on 21.6.2010 (Annexure-P/6) has not been disposed of by the State, the same shall be disposed of as early as possible preferably within a period of 45 days from the date of production of certified copy of this order along with copies of the other relevant documents before the concerned authority of the State before whom the representation was filed. With the aforesaid directions/observations, the writ petition is finallydisposed of. — —-- Sd/- Sanii KumarSinha Judge V.[,rf