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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR D.B. Civil Writ Petition No. 4420/2026 CNR: RJHC010184932026 | URN: CW / 8046U / 2026 Himmata Ram S/o Dadu Ram, Aged About 38 Years, R/o Village Dantal, Tehsil Bhaniyana, District Jaisalmer.

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Its Secretary, Department Of Revenue, Jaipur, Rajasthan.

2. District Collector, Jaisalmer.

3. Sub Divisional Magistrate, Bhaniyana, District Jaisalmer.

4. Tehsildar Falsund, District Jaisalmer.

----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Aaidan Choudhary For Respondent(s) : Mr. N.S. Rajpurohit, AAG with Ms. Aditi Sharma HON'BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE MR. SANJAY K. AGRAWAL HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VINIT KUMAR MATHUR

Judgment

Reportable : 14/09/2026

1. The present writ petition has been filed by the petitioner seeking following reliefs:

“1. That by an appropriate writ, order or direction the instant writ petition may kindly be ordered to be allowed; 2. That by an appropriate writ, order or direction the impugned notification for creating new revenue village named as Jadam Nagar (Annexure-11) may kindly be quashed and set aside.

3. That any other appropriate writ, order or direction, which this Hon'ble Court may deem it just and proper in the facts and circumstance of the case, may kindly be issued.

4.Costs of this writ petition may kindly be awarded in favour of petitioner.”

2. The essential facts, as projected in the writ petition, are that the revenue village Dantal is situated in Tehsil Falsund, District Jaisalmer, and, as per the Census of 2011, has a population of 1,716. The Gram Panchayat, Dantal, passed Resolution No.1 dated 26.01.2025, proposing the creation of a new revenue village to be carved out from the existing revenue village Dantal, initially proposed to be named “Shri Chhotsa Nagar”.

3. Pursuant to the aforesaid resolution, the Tehsildar, Falsund, the Land Revenue Inspector and the Patwari, Dantal, issued a certificate stating, inter alia, that there was no dispute regarding the proposed name, caste, religion, Dharma or Sampradaya in relation to the proposed revenue village. It was further certified that there was no dispute with regard to the central point and boundary line of the proposed revenue village and that the proposed headquarters of the new revenue village was situated on Government land.

4. Thereafter, the Sub-Divisional Officer prepared and forwarded a proposal for creation of the new revenue village “Shri Chhotsa Nagar”. The proposal was submitted to the State Government and vide order/notification dated 12.03.2025, the Revenue Department approved the creation of “Shri Chhotsa Nagar” as a new revenue village carved out from Dantal village, Tehsil Falsund. The said decision was thereafter communicated to the District Collector, Jaisalmer.

5. Aggrieved by the aforesaid notification, the petitioner preferred S.B. Civil Writ Petition No.12604/2025 before this Court. After hearing the parties, this Court, vide order dated 11.07.2025, directed cancellation of the name “Shri Chhotsa Nagar” as the name of the revenue village and directed the authorities to assign a fresh name to the revenue village in accordance with law.

6. In purported compliance with the aforesaid order of this Court, the State Government issued an amended notification dated 10.11.2025, whereby the earlier notification dated 12.03.2025 was modified and the name “Shri Chhotsa Nagar” was deleted/cancelled as the name of the newly created revenue village.

7. It is the case of the petitioner that, thereafter, the Sub- Divisional Officer, vide communication dated 02.08.2025, forwarded a proposal to the District Collector, Jaisalmer, stating that the villagers of the proposed revenue village had submitted a representation requesting that the village be named “Ambedkar Nagar”. The representation stated that Dr. B.R. Ambedkar was the architect of the Constitution of India and a recipient of the Bharat Ratna and, therefore, the name “A