@ RT OF CHHATT§$GARH AT BELASPUR DIVtSlON BENCH HGN’BLE SHRI RAJEEV GUPTA, CJ. ' HGN’BLE SHRI SUNIL KUMAR $ENHA, J. WPJC} No.2709 of 2969 Late Shri Ram La! Gupta Memoria§ Educatienal Society, through the Secretary, Yogesh Kumar Gupta, aged about 40 years, son of Shri B.L. Gupta, R/o $hani§ N§ketan PubHc School, Ek‘ta Bhawan, Punjabi Coiony, Dayalbandh, District Biiaopuy (C.G.) HER$US ~ State of Chhattisgarh, through the Secretary, Deptt of Nagariya Prashashan Evam Vikas Vibhag, Dau Kalyan Sing‘f Bhawai‘l, Mantralaya, Raipur Nagar Palik Nigam, through —- £ts Commi3$ioner, Bilaspur (CG) Present : Shri Y.C. $harma, counsel for the petitioner. Shri Aiok Bakshi, Govt. Advocate, for the Statei respondent No.1. Shri BB. Banjare, oounset for respondent No.2. ORDER (9th March, 2m) The foilowing order Rageev mxpte, C.J. r Leaned counsei for the parties are heard on admission. 2) Petitioner — Educational Society has filed this writ petition for the foilowing reiiefs: of the Court was paseed by WRIT PETiTtON UNDER ARTtCLE 226!227-OF THE CONSTET'HO ‘ PETETIONER RES?GN$EN?S HIGH COU CORAM: N QF ENDLA ($1 “10.1 That the Hon’ble Court be pleased to call the eniire records. 10.2 That the Hun’ble Court be pleased to issue a writ in form of certiorari thereby quashing AnneXure P4 amj Annexure P—1 4. 1G3 That the Hon’bie Court be .pieased to issue a writ in form of mandamue themby d§recting the Respondents t0 anot the Eand in accordance with the resoiutien and thereafter resoiution of Mayor in Counci! and resoiution of General Body meeting of Nagar Palik Nigam. 10.4 Any other relief, which this Hon’ble Court may deem tit and proper under the facts and circumetances of the case be awareled.” 3) The petitioner, thus, in substance is seeking quashing of Annexure Pit and. F14 whereby the petitioner‘s offer for allotment of land reserved for educational institution was rejected. The petitioner further seeks a direction to the respondents to allot the ‘ said land to the petitioner. 4) The petitioner — Educationat Society in response to the advertisement dated 02.06.2004 issued by respondent No.2 — Nagar Palik Nigam;/Bilaspur, inviting offers for allotment of land in the locality of Rajkishore Nagar, reserved for Nursery and Primary School submitted its offer vide Annexure PJS at the rate of Rs.240/- per Square meter. Though respondent No.2 Nagar Palik Nigam, Eilaspur processed the petitioner's offer and forwarded the same to the State Government for its approval, the State Government vide Annexure P/14 dated 31 .Qi .2009 turned down the petitioner’s offer on the ground that the rates offered by the petitioner are much below the Couector’s guidelines. The State Government furthet’ directed Nagar Palik Nigam, Bilaspur to invite fresh offers on the basis of the new rates. 5) Merely because, the petitioner’s offer in response to the adVeriisement issued by Nagar Palik Nigam‘ Bi!aspur was highest; it was processed by Nagar Paiik Nigam, Biiaspur; and was forwarded to the State Government for its approval, no right is created in favour of the petitioner eeeking issuance of writ of mandamus directing the respondents to aitot the land to the petitioneri 6) We; therefore, do not find any good ground for grant of the reliefs sought by the petitioner in this writ petition. 7) The writ petition, therefore; is liabie to be dismissed and is subhu hereby dismissed summariiy. Sd/ ‘~\“4‘\~ Sunil Kumar Sinhg Sd/— Judge Chief Justice l " V