r— (^' ^. HiGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P.No. 2844 of 2004 Petitioner Kamta Das S/o. Gyan Das Manikpuri, Age 38 years, R/o. Village Somaikhurd, Tahsil Saja, Distt. Durg (C.G.) Versus Respondents 1. The Stete of Chhattisgarh, Through: Collector, Durg. 2. Sub-Divisionai Officer, Saja, Distt. Durg. 3. Sudan Das S/o. Brij Das Satnami, Age 35 years, R/o. Village Somaikhurd, Tahsil Saja, Distt. Durg (C.G.) WRIT PETITION UNDERARTICLE 226/227 OF THE COI^fFfUTJONOFlNDIA SB: Hon'ble Justice Satish K. Agnihotri Shri Ashok Das Vaishnav, Advocate with Shri Sameer Sahu, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Sushil Dubey, Govt. Advocate forthe respondents No. 1 and 2. ORDER (Passed on this 18th day of June,2007) 1. The case of the petitioner is that he is in possession of the lands, which were in possession of his predecessors. The possession of the tands in question has been uninterrupted and continuous. The petitioner is presently working as Kotwar. The petitioner claims Bhoomiswami rlghts over the lands which have been granted by the competent authority to his predecessors, priorto 1950. 2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the facte and question of law involved in this petition, as well as the relief sought, are similar to that of in W. P. No. 341 of 2002 (Fatte Singh and others Vs. The State of Chhattisgarh & others), which was disposed Thakur of by this Court vide order dated 22nd February, 2007, in the following terms:- "In the result, this petition is disposed of with the direction that the competent authority shall consider the case of the petitioners for grant of Bhoomiswami right, in accordance with law after affording proper opportunity of hearing to the concerned parties, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order." 3. Learned counsel appearing for the respondents No. 1 and 2/State does not dispute the above fact. 4. In view of the above, thls petition stands disposed of in terms of the order dated 22.2.2007, passed by this Court in W. P. No. 341 of 2002 (Fatte Singh and others Vs. The State of Chhattisgarh & others). No order as to costs. Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge