Darpaka Bag vs State Of Odisha & Others
2023 Latest Caselaw 7920 Ori

            IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                             W.P.(C) No.22379 of 2023

Darpaka Bag                              .....                              Petitioner
                                                       Mr. M.K. Mohapatro, Advocate
                                         Vs.
State of Odisha & Others                 .....                               Opposite Parties
                                                                             State Counsel
             CORAM:
                DR. JUSTICE B.R. SARANGI
                MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN
                                                ORDER

21.07.2023 Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

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2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Addl. Government Advocate for the State.

3. Petitioner in this writ petition seek for a direction to opposite party Nos. 1 and 2 i.e. Principal Secretary to Government Water Resources Department, Bhubaneswar and Director (R&R)-cum-Additional Secretary, Department of Water Resources, Bhubaneswar to sanction and release the awarded amount in favour of the petitioner for acquisition of land for construction of Upper Indravati Irrigation Project as per the judgment dated 05.02.2018 passed by the learned Civil Judge (Sr. Divn), Bhawanipatna in L.A.R No.145 of 2017, within a stipulated time.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that petitioner has filed an application under Section 18 of the L.A. Act for higher compensation, which was referred to Civil Court for adjudication. The Civil Court registered it as L.A.R. No.145 of 2017 and same was disposed of on

05.02.2018 and higher compensation was awarded. However no action has been taken as yet for sanction and disbursement of the compensation amount. He further submitted that a similar writ petition bearing W.P.(C) No. 27531 of 2020 has been disposed of on 20.10.2020 directing opposite party No.1 to sanction the amount at an early stage and to take expeditious step for disbursement of the compensation amount. He also submitted that the present writ petition may be disposed of in terms of the order passed in that writ petition. Learned Addl. Government Advocate has also no objection to the aforesaid submission made by learned counsel for the petitioner.

5. In view of the above, we dispose of the writ petition with a direction to opposite party No.1 to sanction the amount at an early stage and thereafter the opposite party No.3- The Special Land Acquisition Officer, Upper Indravati Irrigation Project, Kalahandi shall take expeditious step for disbursement of the compensation amount by end of September, 2023, if there is no other impediment.

Issue urgent certified copy as per rules.

(DR. B.R. SARANGI) JUDGE

(M.S. RAMAN) MRS JUDGE

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANORANJAN SAMAL Designation: PERSONAL ASSISTANT Reason: Authentication Location: Orissa High Court, Cuttack Date: 24-Jul-2023 11:02:22