@ l é HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH z BILASPUR w.P. (C) No‘ 6016 of 2006 The Raipur Municipal Corporation, District Raipur (C.G.), thxough its Commissioner. Petitioner Shankar Rao Wandalkar, aged about 70 ‘years, son of Shri Vitthi Rao Mandalkar, resident of Gandhi Chowk, in mmt of Congress Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) Versus Respondents 1. 2. The Commissioner, Raipur Municipal Corporation (CG) WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA (SB: Hon’ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri J.) Shri K. R. Nair, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri Pankaj Agaxwal, Advocate for the respondents. ORDER (Passed on this 22nd Day of April, 2009) 1. Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits that the only question involved in this petition is asto who is the owner of the petition schedule property. According to the petitioner, it is a private property of the petitioner and according to learned counsel appearing for the respondents, this property belongs to the Municipal Corporation, Raipur. The provisions of Section 79-A of the Chhattisgarh Municipal Corporation Act, 1956 (for short ‘the Act, 1956’) provides for decision in respect of the dispute with regard to the property by or against the Corporation. 3. In view of the fact that the Collector is a statutory authority to decide such type of disputes, wherein, there is a conmcting claim on the ownership of the property, it is just and proper that the parties may make an application before the Collector, Raipur under the provisions of Section 79-A ofthe Act, 1956 for decision of the claim on the pmperty. 4. It is ordered, accordingly. 5. In View of the foregoing, this petition stands disposed of. No order asto costs. a Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge