IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR. l7"; Writ Petition No. /2002. PET IT IONER Ramdee s/o Late Janak, age 55 years, Occupation-Agriculture, 1 r/o Village Rajpur, P.S. Rajpur, :1 Distt. Surguja, C.G. ,l'.The State o£ Chhattisgarh, through Secretary, Panchayats. Raipur, C.G. RESPONENTS D . 2.Returning Of£icer (Panchayats) Janpad Panchayat Rajpur, Block Rajpur, Distt. Surguja, C.G. 3.Collector, Surguja, Ambikapur, Distt. Surguja, C.G. 4.Rakesh Kumar J‘na s/o R.U.Jha, age 26 years, Advocate, r/o village Budhabaqicha, P.S i Rajpur, Dstth §i1rguja, C.é. a UN3ER ARTICLE 22671227 OF THE CONSTITUPION PET IT ION OF INDIA. m? - nu ){LHC-22 waummmLE%Wm§A@mH$ ew§¥ uaEE‘ S ‘ idz/akv‘w’? 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Having 1‘hus consideréd ?ha L maf?er is i‘emiffed back 'ro ‘i'he frib par?ies 1'0 adduce evidence, and grocess is 1'0 be issued since cor service as deemed iii? and proper ma‘é'i‘er afresh as early as passibie : The/ dafe of eppeamnce 04F fhe pa given as 18.02.2002. V Wii‘h The afaresaid obseriia‘i'i: Iriies are gmmed eppori‘unify ‘ro rder o‘f re—couni‘ is se"r aside. The mag i'o afford oppormnii’ies To fhe if The pqm‘ies require *hm" fhe sidemhie fime has elapsed, das'i‘i may be affecfed, and decide The ‘ireferabiy wifhin Two (nomhs fram ‘fies before fhe 'fribumi which is ms fhis pefii’ien is disposed cf. ‘ # Sd/- Acting Chief Justice [View