Pankajini Behera vs State Of Odisha & Others
2023 Latest Caselaw 3873 Ori

            IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                           W.P.(C) No.5895 of 2015

Pankajini Behera                      .....                           Petitioner
                                                 Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mohapatra,
                                                                     Advocate
                                      Vs.
State of Odisha & Others              .....                     Opposite Parties
                                                         Mr. A.K. Mishra, AGA
             CORAM:
                DR. JUSTICE B.R. SARANGI
                MR. JUSTICE M.S.RAMAN

                                             ORDER

19.04.2023 Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

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2. In view of the judgment of this Court in the case of Narottam Rath v. State of Odisha, 2023 SCC OnLine Ori. 153, the impugned order dated 31.05.2013 of the Assistant Settlement Officer, Bhubaneswar passed in objection Case No.16207 of 2013, in the present petition are set aside and the following directions are issued:

(i) A direction is issued to the ASO to now proceed to record the name of the petitioner concerning the land in question in his name in the RoR, in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks.

(ii) Where the land in question stands recorded in the final published RoR in the name of the Government that entry will stand cancelled by virtue of this order and the ASO will proceed to record it in favour of the petitioner.

3. The above directions will be carried out within a period of four months from today. It is made clear that this order will not

prevent the Government from exercising powers under Section 3- B of the OGLS Act, in accordance with law.

4. The writ petition is disposed of in the above terms.

(DR. B.R. SARANGI) JUDGE

(M.S. RAMAN) JUDGE Laxmikant