<\^^^ :.:'"'.'lf--'.:"''' .-•' ^s^- ^••- ^9^'' 0>''^:S'Y\.-'--'" ^..~'- \0'-" c ^ \y^— HiS IN THE HON'BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR W.P. (C) No. :^~P~/2010 PETITIONER 1) Smt. Meena Devi Agrawal, W/o Shri Santosh Kumar Agrawal, aged about 30 years, R/o Behind Gandhi Ganj, Raigarh, District Raigrah (C.G.) VERSUS RESPONDENTS aS^' 1) State of Chhattisgarh, through Secretary, Department of Revenue, Mantralaya, D.K.S. Bhawan, Raipur (C.G.) 2) • District Magistrate, Raigarh (C.G.) 3) Power Grid Corporation of India Limited (A Government of India Enterprise), having its registered office at B-9, Qutab institutional Area, Katwaria Sarai, New Delhi , though its Genera! Manager 4) Deputy Manager (Rourkela S.S.), Power Grid Corporation of India Limited, Kotra Road, Raigarh, (C.G.) PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH : BILASPUR WRIT PETIT1QN (C) N0.2472 OF_2010 PETITIONER . Smt. Meena Devi Agrawal RESPONDENTS Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Others af. (Writ petition underArticle 226/227 ofthe Constitution of India) Single Bench : Hon'ble Shri Satish K. Agnihotri, J. Present:- Shri Harsh Wardhan, Advocate for the petitioner. Shri P.K. Bhaduri, Panel Lawyer for the State. Shri Awadh Tripathi, Advocate for the respondents No.3 & 4. ORDER (ORAU (Passed on this 5th day ofJuly, 2010) 1. At the very outset, Shri Tripathi, learned counsel appearing for the respondents No.3 & 4, submiis that the application has been ma4e to the District Magistrate, Raigai'h, under the provisions of Section 16 (1) of the Indian Telegraph Act, 1885 (for shorf "the Act, 1885"}, which is pending consideration. 2. Shri Bhaduri, learned Panel Lawyer appearing for the State, submits that the pending application shatl be considered and decided in accordance with law within a period of three iveeks. 3. At this juncture, Shri Harsh Wardhan, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner, submits that since the interim relief has been granted in favour of the petitioner on 21-6-2010 and the matter is pending consideration before the District Magistrate, the interim relief may be continued till the decision of the District Magistrate under the provisions of the Act, 1885, to which learned counsel appearing for the respondents have no objection. 4. In view of foregoing, the District Magistrate, Raigarh, is directed to examine and decide the matter after affording an opportunity of hearing, if so advised, and pass appropriate order, in accordance with law within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that till the decision of the District Magistrate the interim order dated 21-6-2010 passed by this Court shall continue. 5. • Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of. Sdf- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge