HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE CHHATTISGARH :: BILASPUR SINGLE BENCH : HON’BLE SHRI SR. NAYAK. CJ. WRIT PETITION No. 2613 OF 1991 PETITIONERS 1. Dileep Singh, Aged 40 years,‘ S/o. Shri Gyan Singh, R/o. Shyam Nagar, Raipur (M.P.) 2. Khajan Singh, Aged 75 years, S/o. Shri Hakam Singh. Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, M.P. 3. Gyan Singh, S/o. Shri Hakam Singh, Aged 70 years, Station Road, Raipur, : Distt. Raipur M.P. ‘“ 4. Gurucharan Singh. Aged 55 years, S/o. Shri Hakam Singh, Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, M.P. 5. Raghuvir Singh, Aged 46'years, S/o. Shri Khajan Singh. Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur M.P. Jaspal Singh, Aged35 years, S/o. Shri Khajan Singh, Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, MP. 7. Harjeet Singh, Aged 34 years, S/o. Gurucharan Singh, Station Road, Raipur, M.P. Versus a i k2: RESPONDENTS 1. The State of M.P., through the Secretary, Department ofRevenue, Vallabh Bhawan, Bhopal (M.P.) 2. Commissioner of Revenue, Raipur, Distt. Raipur (M.P.) 3. Competent Authority, Raipur, Distt. Raipur M.P. 4. Sardar Singh, Aged 60 years, S/o. Shri Hakam Singh, Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, M.P. Preetam Singh, Aged 41 years, Slo. Shri Sardar Singh, R/o.Narmadapara, Raipur, Distt. Raipur, M.P. "if 6. Harcharan Singh, Aged 33 years, Road, S/o. Shri Sardar Singh. R/o. Station Raipur, Distt. Raipur M.P. 7. Smt. Krishnawantibai. Singh. about 55 years, W/o. Sardar R/o. Station Road, Raipur, Distt. Raipur M.P. 8. Smt. Ranjeet Kaur, 9. Smt. Charanjeet Kaur 10. Smt. fndrajeet Kaur 11. Smt. Paramjeet Kaur Singh (Nos. 8 to 11 residents of Clo. Preetam Raipur Chhabra, MP.) Narmadapara. V Raipur, Distt. Present: Mr. Manindra shrivastava,.s_r. Advocate with Mr. Amrito Das, Mr. Ravish Agrawal, Ieamed Advocate General with Mr. Chhattisgarh. Sumesh Bajaj, Dy. Govt. Advocate for the State of ORAL ORDER (Passed on 8'” December 2005) Heard. This writ petition is directed against the proceedings initiated under the Urban Land (Ceiting & Regulation) Act (in short Act),1976. By virtue of Section 4 of the Act, the proceedings stood abated on the date the repeat act came into force inasmuch as admittedly, as on that date, the W‘J‘d)‘