The court directed the concerned administrative authority to expeditiously decide upon a pending representation regarding the illegal double allotment of agricultural land and the request for alternative land allotment.

Order

1. By way of the present civil writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, the petitioner has sought following reliefs:-

“It is therefore, respectfully prayed that this writ petition may kindly be allowed and by an appropriate, writ order or direction the respondents may kindly be directed to restore the disputed land in favour of the petitioner by cancelling the allotment made in favour of the respondent No.6 or in the alternative respondents may kindly be directed to decide the representation Annex.5 and allot the alternative land elsewhere in lieu of the disputed land allotted to the petitioner by the allotment order Annex.1. Any other relief to which petitioner appears entitle to may kindly be also be passed in favour of the petitioner.”

2. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in the year 1999, the petitioner filed an application before the respondents seeking allotment of agricultural land under the provisions of the Rajasthan Colonization (Allotment and Sale of Government Land in the Indira Gandhi Canal Colony Area) Rules, 1975 and an allotment order was issued on 27.12.1999. The petitioner deposited 35% of the land price on 30.09.1999 and balance amount was deposited on 25.02.2013. However, land allotted to the petitioner has been illegally allotted by authorities in favour of respondent No.6.

3. It is further submitted that the petitioner subsequently submitted a representation dated 09.10.2025 (Annex.5) requesting cancellation of the alleged double allotment and seeking allotment of suitable land at an alternative location. It is contended that although an endorsement has been made on the petitioner’s representation, but no order has been passed by respondent No.5 – the Allotment Officer and Assistant Commissioner, Colonization Department, Mohangarh-A, District Jaisalmer till date. It is, therefore, prayed that appropriate directions to respondent No.5 be issued to consider and decide the application/representation of the petitioner at the earliest.

4. In view of above, the present civil writ petition is disposed of with a direction to respondent No.5 – the Allotment Officer and Assistant Commissioner, Colonization Department, Mohangarh-A, District Jaisalmer, to consider and decide the petitioner’s application/representation expeditiously, strictly in accordance with law.

5. Stay petition and all pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of.