Order on Board

Per Ramesh Sinha, Chief Justice

24/02/2025

1. The present writ appeal has been filed by the writ appellants, who were the respondents No. 5 to 9 in the writ petition, against the impugned order dated 05-12-2024, passed by learned Single Judge in WPC No. 2593 of 2023, whereby the writ petition filed by the writ petitioners is allowed, and the order dated 29-05-2023, passed by the Commissioner, Bastar Division, Jagdalpur, in Revenue Case No. 201604950100012/

28/A-23/15-16 is set aside.

2. The brief facts of the case, as emerges from the pleadings and documents of the writ petition as well as writ appeal are that the writ petitioners are claiming that they are the owners of the land bearing Khasra No. 9, 22 and 50, area 10.88 acres, 2.14 acres and 3.15 acres respectively (total area 16.17 acres) situated at village Palli, Tahsil Jagdalpur, District Bastar.

Initially, in the year 1937, one Bondku, son of Dodasu Dhurwa, was in occupation of the said land. However, the predecessors of the writ petitioners, namely Sahadev, son of Ramnath Brahmin, came into occupation of the said land in the year 1938-39. Vide order dated 13-01-1937, passed in Case No. 1/84 of 1936, the predecesso