HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Sinale Bench Hon'bte Shri H.L. Dattu. C.J. Writ Petltion No.1351 of3 2 Resoondents Chinta Devi, W/o Mahendra Tiwari, aged about 60 yeare, Resident of Rajpur Tahsil, District Surguja^ C. G. versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh, Through Secretary (Revenue), Raipur District, C.G. 2. Collector, Distriot Surguja, C.G. 3. Tahsildar, Tahsil Rajpur, Distriot Surguja, C.G. Present : Shri Rakesh Jha, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Government Advocate for the State. ORAL ORDER (Passed on 2'istlVIarch,2007) The petitioner jn this writ petition filed under Articles 226/227 of the Constitution of India calls in question the orders passed by the Collector - respondent No.2 in exercise of his power under Section SO of the Chhattisgarh Land RevenueCode, 1959 (henceforth 'theCode'). (2) Inasmuch as the petitioner has a right to appeal against the said oreer before the Board of Revenue. Without exhausting that remedy, the petitioner cou!d not have approached this Court. (3) In that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of. However, liberty is reserved to the petitioner to question the correotness or otherwise of the orders passed by the Colleotor - rsspondent No.2 under Section 50 of the Code in an appeal, within a month's time from today. If such an appeai Is filed within the tlme granted by this Court, the Board of Revenue shali decide the same on its own merits without reference to the period of limltation. All the oontentions raised bythe parties are left open. Ordered aocordingiy. Sd/- Chief Jiistice