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IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
AMITENDRA KISHORE PRASAD
Ratanlal, S/o Kisno – Appellant
Versus
State of Chhattisgarh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Amitendra Kishore Prasad, J.
1. By way of this civil revision, the applicant has prayed for following relief:-
“The applicant, therefore, humbly prays that the Hon'ble court may kindly be please to call the entire record and further to set aside the order dated 28/4/25 passed by learned Civil Judge Junior Class, Malkharoda, Distt. Janjgir Champa In Civil Suit No. 18 A/2020, and suit filed by the respondents may kindly be please to dismiss with cost in the interest of justice.”
2. Brief facts of the case in a nutshell, are that, the applicant, Ratanlal, is the duly appointed Kotwar of Village Pota, District Janjgir-Champa, Chhattisgarh, and has been in lawful and continuous possession of 15.49 acres of Government service land (Seva Bhoomi) since 2001, comprising Khasra Nos. 128/1, 558, 598, 637, and 640, recorded in his name in Column 23 of the revenue records, in accordance with the Chhattisgarh Land Revenue Code, 1959. The land was transferred to him following the resignation of the former Kotwar, Bedram, in 2000. Subsequently, Bedram and his son Chandrika Singh challenged the applicant’s possession through multiple writ petitions, all of which were dismissed by the Hon’ble
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