. .-•ut-M.jB.ES-assaBKaBeSSiW^^.-^S.sL.iMtil,3.uAt^_ HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR SINGLEBENCH : HON'BLE SHRi S.R.NAYAK, CJ. WRIT PETITiQN No.2156 ^IF 2006 PETITIONERS RESPONDENTS A(/ 1. Preetam Singh Gulati, S/o Amar Gulati aged 54 years, 2. Smt. Indrajeet Kour Gulati W/o Shri Preetum Ssngh Gu!ati, aged about 52 years Both residente of Main Road Korba, Tahsil & District Korba (Chhattisgarh) Versus 1. State of Chhattisgarh Through the Secretary, Department of Revenue, Mantralaya Dau Kalyan Singh Bhawan, Raipur (Chhattisgarh) 2. Collector, District Korba (Chhattisgarh) 3. Superintendent of Police, Distt. Korba (Chhattisgarh) 4. Station House Officer Police Station City Kotwali, Distt. Korba (Chhattisgarh) 5. Umashankar Gupta, S/o Late Vishwanath Prasad Gupta, aged about 40 years 6. Ravishankar S Gupta, S/o Lats Vishwanth Prasad Gupta, aged about25years, 7. Monu Gupta, S/o Late Shri Vishwanath Prasad Gupta, aged about22years, Respondents No. 5 to 7 r/o main road Korba, Tahsil & District Korba (Chhattisgarh) Present: Shri Ashish Shrivastava, learned counsel for the petitioners. Shri Utkarsh Verma, learned Deputy G.A. forthe State. (Passed on 01SI May, 2006) To put the case of the petitioners, in brief, is that they are in lawful possession and enjoyment of the subject land by virtue of a lease : K ^. •'T-' granted bythe 2^ responderit anct re?^ witfeut any semblanre oflegal rightand interestand notwffistancling theleasegranfedbytlw2Tesponclenf,h^been1 petitioners'peacefulpossessionandenjoymentofthesubjectland.Tlie petitiQnerscomplaintliatthoughthishighhandedactionofrespdndents 5to 7yi^^roughtt(^thenoticepf eloCalpolice,theyhaver)ottaken anysteps to protect^the possessioh ofthe petitioner. 1 am ata loss ^understandwhyinamatt?r)it<eNs,the^etitionereshouM the local police or this Court under Article 226 of the Constitution. The petitionerscanworkouttheirtegalremediesbyii'istitutingasuittoefore thejurisdidJonalCh/itC^rtforxleclaraticmarKi/orinlunctiohtiasthecase may be. The remedy^avaitable for the petitibner before th&jurisdicUonal Civil Court;iSm6st;comprehehsiveandef^ that^^tt®granted^hder^c|e226c^ thatangtealsO,thisishotafitcasetobeentertainedunderArticle226 ofthe eonstitirtion. The vmt peffition is, therefbre, dismissed, hov^^ reservingllberty to the petitioners to workout their tegal remedies before the jurisdictional Civil Court by instituting a sult, if they are so advised. No costs. sd/- ChiefJustice tm ^a