/ ^ CJ"1 ^ ^/r^ IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR .5 Writ Petition i^ N0. ^ / /^©e^-^&i6 PETITIONER . 60.&^ ...s^^ ^^' ^•-•"" RESPQNDENTS / Dolaii Das^ S/o Late Shri Dayalu Das Manikpuri, Aged about 57 years, R/o Village Sankra, P.c. No.46, Tahsil Kurud, District Dhamtari (C.G.) VERSUS 1) State of Chhattisgarh Through: Secretary Revenue D.K.S. Bhawan, Mantralaya Raipur (C.G.) / Smt. Gayatri Wd/o late Dayalu Das, aged about 60 years, R/o VUlage Sankra, P.c. No.46, Tahsil Kumd, District Dhamtari (C.G.) 3) / Additional Tahsildar Magarlod, Tahsil Kurud, District Dhamtari (C.G.) 4) Collector Dhamtari, District Dhamtari (C.G.) ^ WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226 OF THE CONSTITUTION OF INDIA The petitioner most humbly and respectfully begs to submit as under : HIGH COURT OF CHHATTJSGARH : BtLASPUR WR!T PETITION (S) N0. 01 OF 2010 PETiTIQNER Dolan Das RESPQNDE.NTS Versus State of Chhattisgarh & Others (Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitutson of India) Single Bench : Hon'ble Shri Satlsh K. Agnihotri, J. Present:- Shri N.K. Chhatterjee, counsei for the petitioner. Shri Y.S. Thakur, Dy. Adv. Generat and Shri A.V. Sridhar, Panel Lawyer for the State. (Passed on thls 5l" day of January, 2010) 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Wlth the consent of iearned counseS for the partles, the petition is heard finaiiy. By thss petition, the petitioner seeks a direction to the respondents to consider his case for appointment on the post of Kotwar at vliiage Sankra on account of vacancy, whlch occurred due to death of Dayalu Das l.e. father of the petitioner under the provteion of Section 230 of th®ChhattJsgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959 (for short-theCGLRC"). Section 230 of the CGLRC provides for appointment of Kotwas^ and thesr dutles. Kotwars are appolnted In accordance with the Rules regarding appointment, punishment and removal of Kotwars and thelr duties. The said ruies are made as per the provssions of Section 258 of the CGLRC. The petitioner without approaching the corrspetent authority has stralghtaway rushed to this Court for Issuance of wrlt of mandamys, which cannot be exercised by this Court, at thss stage. In view of.foregoing, without expressing any opinton on the merlte of th©case, the writ petition is liabie to be and is accordingly dlsmlssed at the motion stage iteeif. Gowri Sd/- Satish K. Agnihotri Judge