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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
RAMESH SINHA, CJ, BIBHU DATTA GURU
Digbal Tandi S/o Shri Dharak Tandi – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
ORDER :
1. Heard Mr. Kishore Narayan, Dr. Arpit Lall and Mr. Ayush Lall, learned counsel for the respective petitioners, Mr. Y.S. Thakur, learned Additional Advocate General appearing for the State as well as Mr. Sangharsh Pandey, Mr. Anupam Dubey, Mr. B. Gopa Kumar (through Video Conferencing), Mr. Himanshu Pandey, Mr. Palash Tiwari, Mr. Rohit Sharma, Mr. Harshal Chouhan, Mr. Mahesh Kumar Mishra, Mr. Vaibhav P. Shukla, Mr. Vivek Kumar Agrawal, Mr. Jay Singh, Advocates for the respective respondents.
2. The petitioner, in WPPIL No. 83/2025, has prayed for the following relief(s):
“(i) Call for the relevant records of the case.
(ii) Declare that the hoardings erected in the village set out in para 8.2 of this petition are unconstitutional, illegal and in violation of fundamental rights guaranteed under Article 25 and 19(1)(d) of the Constitution of India.
(iii) Directing the respondents to remove the illegal hoardings above mentioned.
(iv) Directing the respondent authorities particularly the Collector and Superintendent of Police, District Kanker to visit the villages where the above mentioned hoardings have been erected and convene a meeting with the villagers/ stake holders for the pur
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