Raghubir Sahu vs Surendra Kumar & Another
2023 Latest Caselaw 46 Ori

               IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

                           CONTC No. 6038 of 2020

        Raghubir Sahu                ....           Petitioner
                                 Mr. B.K. Behera-1, Advocate
                            -versus-
        Surendra Kumar & Another     ....        Opp. Parties/
                                                Contemnors
                                     Mr. L. Samantaray, AGA
                     CORAM:
                    JUSTICE JASWANT SINGH
                    JUSTICE M. S. SAHOO

                                   ORDER (Oral)

02.01.2023 Order No. Hybrid Mode

02. 1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

2. It is claimed that the enhanced compensation determined by way of a reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 in terms of the judgment dated 20.04.2013 passed by the learned Senior Civil Judge, Nuapada in L.A.R. No.65 of 2009 has not yet been disbursed in spite of the positive directions passed by this Court vide order dated 11.12.2020 in W.P.(C) No.21060 of 2020.

3. Mr. L. Samantaray, learned Addl. Govt. Advocate for the opposite parties upon instructions states that the order stands complied with and the admissible amount of enhanced compensation awarded by the reference court (under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894) has since been sanctioned and disbursed to the petitioner, hence the contempt petition has become infructuous.

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In view of the above, the contempt petition is dismissed as infructuous.

(Jaswant Singh) Judge

(M.S. Sahoo) Judge

2nd January, 2023 Cuttack RRJena/Gs