G^ HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR SingleBench : Hon'bie Shri H.L Dattu, CJ. Writ Petltion No.3556 of 2004 Petltioner Tomanlal Verma, S/o Late Shri Jagdish Verma, R/o Harditeka, Tahsit & Biock Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) Respondents Vs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. State of Chhattisgarh, Through : The Secretary, Department of Revenue, D.K.S.Bhawan, Raipur(C.G.) The Additional Collector, District Rajnandgaon (C.G.) The Sub-Divisionat Officer (Revenue), Rajnandgaon (C.G.) Chief Executive Officer, Janpad Panchayat, Dongargaon, Di^rict Rajnandgaon (C.G.) The Seoretary, Gram Panchayat, Harditeka, Block (Janpad Panchayat), Dongargaon, District Rajnandgaon Present: Shri Ashok Vaishnav, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Sumesh Bajaj, Government Advocate for the State/respondents No.1 to 3. ORAI. ORDER (Passed on 19mMarch, 2007) What is questioned by the petitioner in this writ petition is the order 1 dated 15-9-2004 passed by respondent No.2 - the Additional Cotlector in exercise of his power under Section 91 of the Chhattisgarh Panchayat Raj Adhiniyam, 1993. (2) !n my opinion, the petitioner has a right to appeal against the impugned order under the provisions of the Chhattisgarh Panchayats (Appeal and Revision) Rules, 1995 before the Director, Panohayat. Without exhausting that remedy, the petitioner couid not have approaohed this Court. (3) ln that view of the matter, the writ petition is disposed of. However, jiberty is reserved to the petitioner to file an appeai, if he so desires, ^ questioning the impugn^d order before the appropriate forum within a month's time from today. If such an appeal is filed by the petitioner within the time granted by this Court, the appeliate authority shall decide the same on its own merits without referring to the period of iimitation. All the contentions raised by the parties are left open. Ordered accordingiy. Sd/- Chief Justice