Q HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR Coram: Appellant Hon' ble Shri Dhirendra Mishra, & Hon' ble Shri R.N. Chandrakar, JJ WritADpeal No. 355 of 2010 Mahavir Prasad Agrawal, s/o. Jagtram Agrawal, aged about 50 years, r/o. Ambikapur road, Pathalgaon, District Jashpur (CG). Vs. )°> Respondents. 1. State of Chhattisgarh through the Secretary, Department of Forest, D.K.S. Raipur (CG). 2. Divisional Forest Officer, Division Dharamjaigarh, District Raigarh 3. Sub-Divisional Officer, Forest, Sub- Division, Dharamjaigarh, District Raigarh (CG). (Writ Appeal under Section 2(1) of the High Court of Chhattisgarh Appeal to / Division Bench Act 2008 r/w Rule 157 (10) ofthe High Court Rules, 2005) Present: Shri Anoop Majumdar, counsel for the appellant. Shri Y.S. Thakur, Dy. Advocate General fortheState. ORAL ORDER (Passedon 18-10-2010) Per Dhirendra Mishra, J. 1. This writ appeal is directed against the order dated 6-9-2010 (Annexure A/1) passed by learned single Judge, whereby the petition of the writ petitioner has been dismissed on the ground that the petitioner has not impugned the order passed by the competent authority under the Indian Forest Act, whereby the application for k%. II 4. interim custody of the seized vehicleofthe petitioner (Bolero Pick- up bearing Chasis No. A 1822549) for some forest offence, has been rejected. Learned counsel appearing for the appellant submits that the vehicle of the appellant has been seized by the respondents/authority on 29-3-2010 and till date the competent authority has not issued any notice or initiated any proceeding for confiscation of the seized vehicle. He further prays that this appeal may be disposed of witha direction to the competent authority to expedite the hearing of the confiscation proceedings and conclude the same within a specified time. Learned Deputy Advocate General appearing for the State submits that he has no objection, if the instant appeal is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to expedite the hearing of the confiscation proceedings. Accordingly, thiswrit appeal is disposed of with a direction to the competent authority to expedite the hearing of the confiscatibn proceedings, in accordance with law and conclude the same expeditiously. It is made clear that thecompetentauthority shall not be influenced by any of the observations made by this court while deciding the writ petition filed by the petitioner. Sd/- Dhirendra Mishar Judge Sd/- R.N. Chandrakar Judge Raju