{"id":144113,"date":"2007-04-23T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2007-04-22T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/padum-das-vs-5-santan-das-on-23-april-2007"},"modified":"2018-03-30T03:41:01","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T22:11:01","slug":"padum-das-vs-5-santan-das-on-23-april-2007","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/padum-das-vs-5-santan-das-on-23-april-2007","title":{"rendered":"Padum Das vs 5 Santan Das on 23 April, 2007"},"content":{"rendered":"
Chattisgarh High Court<\/div>\n
Padum Das vs 5 Santan Das on 23 April, 2007<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n      IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR         \n\n     WP No. 4285 of 2004\n\n     1   Padum  Das\n                             ...Petitioner\n\n                              VERSUS\n\n     1   Board of Revenue  Chhattisgarh\n\n     2   Additional Collector\n\n     3   Sub-Divisional Officer\n\n     4   Tahsildar Bilha District\n\n     5   Santan  Das\n\n                              ...Respondents\n\n!    Mr I.S. Sahu counsel for the petitioner\n\n^    Mr Satish Gupta, Dy. Govt. Advocate for the respondents No. 2, 3 and 4\n\n     Mr Goutam Khetrapal, counsel for the respondent No 5\n\n     Hon'ble Justice Shri Satish K. Agnihotri\n\n     Dated: 23\/04\/2007\n\n:    Order\n\n\n WRIT PETITION UNDER ARTICLE 226\/227 OF THE CONSTITUTION           \n                        OF INDIA\n\n\n                        O R D E R\n<\/pre>\n
        (Passed on this 23rd day of April, 2007)<\/p>\n
1.   The petitioner was appointed as Temporary Kotwar  of<\/p>\n
     village-Murkuta  vide order dated  8.3.2002.  During<\/p>\n
     the  appointment  of  the  petitioner  as  temporary<\/p>\n
     Kotwar,  the  Gram  Sabha passed the  resolution  to<\/p>\n
     appoint the respondent No. 5 as permanent Kotwar  of<\/p>\n
     village-Murkuta.  Section  230  of  the  M.P.   Land<\/p>\n
     Revenue Code, 1959 (hereinafter referred to as  “the<\/p>\n
     Code, 1959”) provides for appointment of kotwars and<\/p>\n
     their  duties.  Rule  4 (1) of the  Rules  regarding<\/p>\n
     appointment, punishment and removal of  Kotwars  and<\/p>\n
     their  duties  (hereinafter  referred  to  as   “the<\/p>\n
     Rules”)   provides  that  the  Revenue  Officer   is<\/p>\n
     competent  to  appoint  Kotwar  after  receiving   a<\/p>\n
     resolution  duly  passed by the  Gram  Panchayat  in<\/p>\n
     whose  area  the  post of Kotwar is vacant.  In  the<\/p>\n
     present case, the appointment of the respondent  No.<\/p>\n
     5  was  admittedly  made, not on the  basis  of  the<\/p>\n
     resolution,  duly passed by the Gram Panchayat,  but<\/p>\n
     on  the  basis of the resolution passed by the  Gram<\/p>\n
     Sabha,  which  is contrary to the provision  of  the<\/p>\n
     Rules.\n<\/p>\n
2.   Learned counsel appearing for the petitioner submits<\/p>\n
     that  the petitioner has filed an appeal, being Case<\/p>\n
     No.   19-A-56-2001-02,  before  the   Sub-Divisional<\/p>\n
     Officer, Bilaspur against the order dated 30.5.2002,<\/p>\n
     passed  by  the Tahsildar, Bilha, District Bilaspur.<\/p>\n
     The      Sub-Divisional Officer vide his order dated<\/p>\n
     30.11.2002  (Annexure P\/3) remanded back the  matter<\/p>\n
     on  the  ground  that the authority  below  has  not<\/p>\n
     considered  all  the aspects before  appointing  the<\/p>\n
     respondent  No. 5 as permanent Kotwar. However,  the<\/p>\n
     Sub-Divisional  Officer, Bilaspur\/respondent  No.  3<\/p>\n
     held that the resolution passed by the Gram Sabha is<\/p>\n
     proper.\n<\/p>\n
3.   Against  the order dated 30.11.2002, passed  by  the<\/p>\n
     Sub-Divisional Officer, Bilaspur, the respondent No.<\/p>\n
     5  filed  a revision, being Revision Case No.  11\/A-<\/p>\n
     56\/02-03,    before   the   Additional    Collector,<\/p>\n
     Bilaspur\/respondent  No. 2, wherein  the  Additional<\/p>\n
     Collector vide order dated 29.9.2003 (Annexure  P\/4)<\/p>\n
     allowed  the revision on other points, but confirmed<\/p>\n
     the  finding  of  the  Sub-Divisional  Officer  with<\/p>\n
     regard to appointment based on the resolution passed<\/p>\n
     by the Gram Sabha.\n<\/p>\n
4.   Against  the  order dated 29.9.2003, passed  by  the<\/p>\n
     Additional Collector, Bilaspur, the petitioner filed<\/p>\n
     an  appeal,  being  Revenue Appeal  Case  No.  22\/A-<\/p>\n
     56\/2003-04,  before the Board of Revenue,  Bilaspur,<\/p>\n
     wherein  the  Board  of  Revenue  vide  order  dated<\/p>\n
     13.10.2004 (Annexure P\/6), maintained the finding of<\/p>\n
     the  Additional  Collector to the  effect  that  the<\/p>\n
     resolution passed by the Gram Sabha was correct  and<\/p>\n
     dismissed the appeal.\n<\/p>\n
5.   Being  aggrieved and dissatisfied with  the  orders,<\/p>\n
     passed by the authorities below, the petitioner  has<\/p>\n
     filed this petition.\n<\/p>\n
6.   I  have  heard  learned counsel  appearing  for  the<\/p>\n
     parties and gone through the pleadings and documents<\/p>\n
     appended   thereto.  The  authorities   below   have<\/p>\n
     committed  serious  infirmity  in  arriving  to  the<\/p>\n
     conclusion  that the resolution duly passed  by  the<\/p>\n
     Gram  Sabha for appointing the respondent No.  5  as<\/p>\n
     Kotwar  was just and proper and appointment made  on<\/p>\n
     the  basis  of  the said resolution  was  legal  and<\/p>\n
     valid.\n<\/p>\n
7.   It is beneficial to quote Rule 4 of the Rules, which<\/p>\n
     reads as under:-\n<\/p>\n
          “4. 1[(1) On the occurrence of a vacancy in the<\/p>\n
          post  of a Kotwar, the Revenue Officer, who  is<\/p>\n
          empowered  to make appointment, after receiving<\/p>\n
          a  resolution duly passed by the Gram Panchayat<\/p>\n
          in  whose  area the post of Kotwar  is  vacant,<\/p>\n
          shall appoint an eligible person on the post of<\/p>\n
          Kotwar,   if   the  person  proposed   in   the<\/p>\n
          resolution  does not fulfill the  qualification<\/p>\n
          prescribed  in  rule 2, the authorised  Revenue<\/p>\n
          Officer  shall  reject  the  resolution   after<\/p>\n
          recording  the reasons in writing and  intimate<\/p>\n
          the Gram Sabha and call for a fresh proposal:<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n
               Provided that immediately on occurrence of<\/p>\n
          a   vacancy,   the  appointing  authority   may<\/p>\n
          temporarily  appoint  a  suitable   person   to<\/p>\n
          perform the duties of the office of Kotwar till<\/p>\n
          the  regular appointment under sub-rule (1)  is<\/p>\n
          made.]<\/p>\n
          xx        xxx       xxx       xx ”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
8.   The  State  of Madhya Pradesh by notification  dated<\/p>\n
     20.11.2001 substituted the word “Gram Panchayat”  by<\/p>\n
     the “Gram Sabha”, but the<\/p>\n
     same  is  not  applicable in case of  the  State  of<\/p>\n
     Chhattisgarh, as the State of Chhattisgarh came into<\/p>\n
     existence  w.e.f. 1.11.2000 and all the  rules  made<\/p>\n
     under  the  M.P. Land Revenue Code,  1959  prior  to<\/p>\n
     1.11.2000  were adapted as it is, but the subsequent<\/p>\n
     amendment  made  in  Rule 4 by the  Sate  of  Madhya<\/p>\n
     Pradesh is not admittedly applicable to the State of<\/p>\n
     Chhattisgarh. So far as the State of Chhattisgarh is<\/p>\n
     concerned,  the  old  Rule 4, as  stated  above,  is<\/p>\n
     applicable.\n<\/p>\n
9.   The provision of Rule 4 of the Rules is so clear  as<\/p>\n
     it does not admit of any ambiguity or confusion. The<\/p>\n
     appointment on the post of Kotwar has to be made  by<\/p>\n
     the  Revenue  Officer after receiving  a  resolution<\/p>\n
     duly  passed  by  the  Gram Panchayat,  but  in  the<\/p>\n
     present case, admittedly, the resolution was  passed<\/p>\n
     by the Gram Sabha, village-Murkuta.<\/p>\n
10.  Thus,  this petition is allowed and the order  dated<\/p>\n
     30.5.2002   (Annexure P\/2), passed by the Tahsildar,<\/p>\n
     Bilha  is  held  as void abinitio and  subsequently,<\/p>\n
     confirmed by the authorities below are also vitiated<\/p>\n
     and  are  accordingly quashed. The  Gram  Panchayat,<\/p>\n
     Village-Murkuta  is at liberty  to  take  steps  for<\/p>\n
     appointment   a  permanent  Kotwar,  as   early   as<\/p>\n
     possible, in accordance with law.\n<\/p>\n
11.  In  the  facts and circumstances of the case,  there<\/p>\n
     shall be no order as to costs.\n<\/p>\n
     Judge<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Chattisgarh High Court Padum Das vs 5 Santan Das on 23 April, 2007 IN THE HIGH COURT OF CHATTISGARH AT BILASPUR WP No. 4285 of 2004 1 Padum Das …Petitioner VERSUS 1 Board of Revenue Chhattisgarh 2 Additional Collector 3 Sub-Divisional Officer 4 Tahsildar Bilha District 5 Santan Das …Respondents ! Mr I.S. 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