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8 Affidavit in support
11 Vakalatnama
Bilaspur,
Date: /04/2021 (SHARAD MISHRA, ADV)
COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER
IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
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Dates Particulars
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RESPONDENTS :::: 1. State of Chhattisgarh, through
Secretary Department of Panchayat &
Rural Development Collectorate
Kutchery Chowk, Near Garden, Raipur,
Chhattisgarh- 492001.
2. The Collector, Raipur, District – Raipur
(C.G.).
3. Sub-Divisional Officer, Raipur, District
Raipur, (C.G.).
4. Tehsildar, Tehsil – Tilda (Nevra),
District- Raipur (C.G.).
5. The Secretary Department of Panchayat
& Rural Development Collectorate
Kutchery Chowk, Near Garden, Raipur,
Chhattisgarh- 492001.
6. The Chief Secretary Department of
Panchayat & Rural Development
Collectorate Kutchery Chowk, Near
Garden, Raipur, Chhattisgarh 492001
7. The Chief Minister office of
Chhattisgarh, Civil Lines, Raipur
Chhattisgarh, - 492001
8. The Commissioner, Raipur (C.G)
9. The Chief Secretary, Government of
Chhattisgarh, Mahanadi Bhawan, Atal
Nagar, New Raipur, Chhattisgarh.
(C) (I) The present petitioner has no personal interest in filing of this writ
petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation.
The petitioner has not filed any application / petition related to the
present matter and no matter is pending before any Court of law.
8.1 That, the petitioner is a peace-loving Citizen of India and is entitled for
all fundamental rights enshrined under part –III of the Suprema Lex i.e.
The Constitution of India, as also other constitutional and legal rights
endowed by the Constitution and the laws of this Country.
8.3 That, the petitioner intends to invoke the extraordinary jurisdiction of the
Hon’ble High Court of Chhattisgarh provided under Article 226 of Indian
8.4 That the Gram Mohdha tehsil Tilda, P.S. Dharsiwan district Raipur, has
been allotted several Government land for the making the Gothan,
School, Water Reservoir, Play Ground, Community Hall, etc. for the
8.5 That on the said allotted land the several villagers including the Panch
and his relatives are illegally and arbitrarily encroached upon the
8.6 That on the said encroached lands encroachers are using such land for
their personal use like for doing business, farming, making residence etc.
The land allotted for school has been used for residential purpose.
8.7 That it is pertinent to mention here that the petitioner had made various
complaints along with the details of encroached property and
failed to take any action against them. The Copy of complaints made to
the respondents have been filed herein and marked as Annexure P-1 .
photographs proving that the illegal possession over the said property.
Annexure P/2.
396, whereby the direction issued to make schemes for evection of illegal
and these must be restored to the Gram Sabha/Gram Panchayat for the
“23. Before parting with this case, we give directions to all the State
Governments in the country that they should prepare schemes for
eviction of illegal/unauthorized occupants of Gram Sabha/Gram
Panchayat/Poramboke/Shamlat land and these must be restored to
the Gram Sabha/Gram Panchayat for the common use of villagers of
the village. For this purpose, the Chief Secretaries of all State
Governments/Union Territories in India are directed to do the
needful, taking the help of other senior officers of the Governments.
The said scheme should provide for the speedy eviction of such
illegal occupant, after giving him a show cause notice and a brief
hearing. Long duration of such illegal occupation or huge
expenditure in making constructions thereon or political connections
must not be treated as a justification for condoning this illegal act or
for regularizing the illegal possession. Regularization should only be
permitted in exceptional cases e.g. where lease has been granted
under some Government notification to landless labourers or
members of Scheduled Castes/Scheduled Tribes, or where there is
already a school, dispensary or other public utility on the land.”
As it clearly seen that in the year 2011 the Supreme court had already
illegal occupants over the land of Gram Panchayat, however since then
no action has been taken by the respondents and till date the illegal
occupants are enjoying the fruits from the land of Gram Panchayat
9.1 Because, the illegal occupants having the possession over the land of
9.2 Because, the respondent authorities have not taken any action
against the illegal occupants having such poor possession over the
petitioner.
9.3 Because, the illegal possession over the said land is violating the
9.4 Because, the petitioner, with due permission of this Hon’ble Court
hereby reserves his right to raise other grounds at the time of
arguments and craves leave of this Hon’ble Court to submit relevant
documents if the need arises during the course of hearing for just &
proper adjudication of the case.
(i) That, this Hon’ble Court may kindly be pleased to allow the
present writ petition preferred by the petitioner and call for the
records pertaining to the present case.
(v) That, any other order/relief which this Hon’ble Court may deem fit,
proper and just in the facts and circumstances of the present case
may also kindly be awarded to the petitioner in the interest of
justice.
Dated : /04/2021
CERTIFICATE
It is certified the due care has been taken in the present case to
comply with the provision of Chhattisgarh High Court Rules .
It is certified the due care has been taken in the present case to
comply with the provision of Chhattisgarh High Court Rules .
Bilaspur, Chhattisgarh
DATED: /04/2021
COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER
IN THE HON’BLE HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR
1. That, the petitioner has filed the captioned public interest litigation
purely in the interest of public at large and he has no personal interest in
the subject matter.
4. That, in view of the above, the petitioner seeks exemption from deposit of
security amount of Rupees 5,000/- in the interest of justice and in the
facts and circumstances of the case.
PRAYER
It is therefore prayed that this Hon’ble Court may be pleased to allow this
application and exempt the petitioner from deposit of security amount in
the interest of justice.
DATE: /03/2021
COUNSEL FOR THE PETITIONER
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1. That the petitioner has filed instant petition purely in the Public Interest,
and as such has no individual/personal interest in the subject matter.
2. That the petitioner as such has no locus standi to challenge the action of
the State authorities regarding the issue raised in the writ petition,
however the rule of locus standi has been modified and relaxed as far as
PIL, habeas corpus and quo warranto petitions are concerned.
3. That petitioner seeks leave of this Hon’ble Court to waive the rule of
locus standi in the interest of justice.
An affidavit is support of the application is attached herewith.
PRAYER
VERSUS
AFFIDAVIT
I, Raja Ram Sahu, age 45 years, S/o Jeevrakhan Sahu, R/o 142, wards- 5,
Chakaldhar, Tarpongi, Raipur (C.G.) do hereby state on oath as under: -
1. That I am the petitioner under the instant petitioner and fully conversant
with the facts of the case.
2. That the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India is
being filed as public interest litigation and the petitioner as such has no
personal interest in the instant petition.
3. That the petitioner is filing the instant petition on his own and not at the
instance of someone else. The litigation cost, including the advocate’s fee
and the traveling expenses of the lawyer, if any, are being borne by the
petitioner himself.
VERIFICIATION
I, Raja Ram Sahu, above named deponent does hereby verify that
the contents of the above affidavit made in Para 1 to 3 are true to the
best of my knowledge, records attached with the writ petition, the legal
proposition and belief. Verified and signed on _________ day of April,
2021 at Bilaspur (C.G.)
VERSUS
AFFIDAVIT
I, Raja Ram Sahu, age 45 years, S/o Jeevrakhan Sahu, R/o 142, wards- 5,
Chakaldhar, Tarpongi, Raipur (C.G.) do hereby state on oath as under: -
That I am the petitioner under the instant petitioner and fully conversant with
the facts of the case.
VERIFICIATION
I, Raja Ram Sahu, above named deponent do hereby verify that the
contents of the above affidavit made in Para 1 to 3 are true to the best of
my knowledge, records attached with the writ petition, the legal
proposition and belief. Verified and signed on _________ day of April,
2021 at Bilaspur (C.G.)
VERSUS
AFFIDAVIT
I, Raja Ram Sahu, age 45 years, S/o Jeevrakhan Sahu, R/o 142, wards- 5,
Chakaldhar, Tarpongi, Raipur (C.G.) do hereby state on oath as under: -
That, I am the petitioner under the instant petitioner and fully conversant with
the facts of the case.
1. That, the Petitioner has filed this writ petition in the nature of Public
Interest Litigation and is fully conversant with the facts and
circumstances of the case.
2. That, the present petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India
is being filed as public interest litigation and the accompanying
application for grant of stay has been drafted by my Counsel under his
instructions and the contents made therein are true and correct to my
personal knowledge & belief.
3. That, the petitioner is submitting this affidavit in support of the above
writ petition and application for grant of stay.
VERIFICIATION
I, Raja Ram Sahu, above named deponent do hereby verify that the
contents of the above affidavit made in para 1 to 3 are true to the best of
my knowledge, records attached with the writ petition, the legal
proposition and belief. Verified and signed on _______ day of April, 2021
at Bilaspur (C.G.)