F%E? iT» H!GH COURT OF CHHATTSSGARH AT BiLASPUR DiVISIONBENCH CORAM: HON'BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. HON'BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR SiNHA, J. Petitioner Respondents ^. Writ Petition (0 No.1887 of 2010 Deepak Kumar Agarwal, Agedabout 40 years, S/o Shri Vishwadayal Agarwal, R/o Ward No.13, Shivrinarrayan, Tehsil Nawagarh, District - Janjgir - Champa (CG) Versus 1 State of Chhattisgarh, Through Principal Secretary Department of Panchayat and Rural Development, DKS Bhawan, Mantraiaya, Ralpur (CG) 2 Secretary, Urban and Rural Development Department, State of Chhattisgarh, DKS Bhawan, Mantraiaya, Raipur (CG) 3 Collector, Raipur (CG) 4 Sub-Divisional-Officer (Revenue) Kasdoi, Djstrict Raipur (CG) 5 Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Kasdol Raipur (CG) 6 Chief Municipality Officer, Nagar Panchayat, Shivrinarrayan, Tehsil - Nawagarh District - Janjgir - Champa 7 Nagar Panchayat, Through its President, Shivrinarrayan, Tehsil Nawagarh District - Janjgir - Champa 8 Gram Panchayat, Gidhori, Tehsii - Kasdoi, District - Raipur (CG) 9 Dukhiram Verma, Aged about 42 years, S/o Shri Ramji Verma, Sarpanch, Gram Panchayat, Gidhori, Tehsii - Kasdol, District - Raipur (CG) ^^r^ .^•^^- ^ ^•^^.^..^" 10 Ramkumar Patel, Aged about 40 years, S/o Shri Goverdhan Patei, Secretary, Gram Panchayat, Gidhori, Tehsil Kasdol, District - Raipur (CG) 11 Rajendra Kumar Yadav, Aged about 35 years, S/o Late Shri Narrayan Prasad Yadav, Shivrinarrayan, Tehsil Nawagarh, District - Janjgir - Champa 12 Anand Kumar Kedia, Aged about 48 years, S/o Radhashyam Kedia, Shivrinarrayan, Tehsil - Nawagarh, District - Janjgir - Champa (CG) Petltion under Articie 226 of the Cpnstitytion of tndla Present: Shri Mateen Siddique, learned counsel for the petitioner. Shri A.S. Kachhwaha, learned Deputy Advocate General, forthe State/ respondents No.1 to 4. ORDER (23rd April, 2010) The foilowing order of the Court was passed by Rajeev Gupta, C.J. Learned counsel for the parties are heard. 2) The petitioner has filed this writ petition for the foliowing reiiefs: "i. To kindiy quash the impugned contract order dated 31/03/2010 issued by the respondent No.9, Sarpanch, Gram-Panchayat, Gidhori, Tehsil Kasdoi, District - Raipur in favour of the respondent No.11 Rajendra Kumar Yadav, copy of which is annexed as Annexure P/1. ^ . "'it .; "<::-^ C6^ ji. To kindly quash the impugned contract agreement, copy of which is annexed as Annexure P/2. iii. To kindly make any other order that may be deemed fit and just in the facts and circumstances of the case." 3) Shri A.S. Kachhawaha, learned Deputy Advocate General has raised a preliminary objection about the maintainability of the writ petition as the petitioner has a statutory remedy of filing an appeal against the order impugned in this writ petition. 4) Shri Mateen Siddique, learned counsel for the petitioner does not dispute that the petitioner has a statutory remedy of filing an appeal against the impugned order dated 31.03.2010 (Annexure-P/1). 5) in this view of the matter, we decline to entertain thewrit petition. 6) The writ petition, therefore, is dismissed with the liberty to the petitioner to avait the statutory remedy available to the petitioner. Sd/- Chief Justice Sd/- Sunil Kumar Sinha Judge subbu