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Chhattisgarh: Shivalinga Uprooted, Brought to Court After Summons Sent to Temple

The notice did not summon the priest or administrator of the temple but the temple itself, and warned of a penalty of Rs 10,000 for non-appearance.

New Delhi: In a bizarre turn of events, a ‘blunder’ in summons issued by a court in Chhattisgarh’s Raigarh meant that a Shivalinga was uprooted and taken to the tehsil office in a pushcart on Friday.

According to the Times of India, a petition was filed against the encroachment of government land by ten people. The tehsil’s court issued summons to everyone in the matter, including a Shiva temple. A resident of Raigarh alleged that the temple has been built on government land.

The notice did not summon the priest or administrator of the temple but the temple itself, and warned of a penalty of Rs 10,000 for non-appearance.

Therefore, the locals “couldn’t think of a better idea than making ‘Lord Shiva’ appear in the tehsil court”, Times of India reported.

As the Shivalinga, with the sculpture of a snake around it, was being pushed towards the court, it “sparked a sensation and scores of people followed” it, according to the newspaper.

Court officials were stunned at the sight and checked the summons, revealing the error: that the notice mistakenly summoned the temple. Fresh summons in the name of a person will now be sent, according to reports. Friday’s hearing was cancelled and the matter will now be heard on April 13.

Woman Attempts to Self-Immolate After ‘Harassment by Tehsil Admin’ Over Selling Land

The Odisha woman said that she wanted to sell the plot to meet the educational expenses of her two sons, who are pursuing higher studies.

Jajpur: A 50-year-old woman on Monday attempted to set herself on fire on the premises of a local administration office in Jajpur district accusing the tehsildar of harassing her over selling a plot of land.

The woman belonging to Neulpur village was, however, overpowered by the local people and staff of the Dharmasala tehsil office and rushed to a nearby hospital.

“I decided to die by suicide after failing to sell a plot of land despite repeated attempts and harassment by the tehsil administration,” she said.

The woman claimed that she wanted to sell the plot to meet the educational expenses of her two sons, who are pursuing higher studies.

“I had approached the Dharmasala tehsildar to permit me to sell a piece of consolidated land four months back. He directed me to go to the revenue inspector’s (RI) office and I collected the required report from the RI concerned.”

“When I met with the tehsildar with the report, he further directed me to contact Jajpur sub-collector’s office and after running from pillar to post for about a month I got the sanction from the sub-collector,” she said.

The woman claimed to have met the tehsildar with all the reports a couple of weeks ago during which she was asked to come after some days.

The victim said when she met the tehsildar concerned at his office chamber on Monday, he denied her permission for selling the land as it is Chaka’ land and allegedly misbehaved with her.

When contacted, Jajpur collector Chakravarti Singh Rathore said, “The victim’s land is not permitted for sale under law as it is Chaka land. As per Chakabandi (Consolidation) law, it doesn’t allow fragmentation of the landholding for sale.”

(PTI)