Ms. Kiranamala Pattanaik vs Settlement Officer Major
2023 Latest Caselaw 14832 Ori

Citation : 2023 Latest Caselaw 14832 Ori
Judgement Date : 16 November, 2023

Orissa High Court

Ms. Kiranamala Pattanaik vs Settlement Officer Major on 16 November, 2023

            IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                         W.P.(C) No.36719 of 2023

Ms. Kiranamala Pattanaik             .....                                 Petitioner
                                                        Mr. T. Panigrahi, Advocate
                                     Vs.
Settlement Officer Major             .....                          Opposite Parties
Settlement Jobra, Cuttack &
Others
                                                                     State Counsel
            CORAM:
                ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DR. B.R. SARANGI
                MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

                                            ORDER

16.11.2023 Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

01.

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 orders 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)
                                                                 ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE



          Laxmikant                                                      (M.S. RAMAN)
                                                                            JUDGE




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Signed by: LAXMIKANT MOHAPATRA Designation: SENIOR STENOGRAPHER Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK Date: 17-Nov-2023 12:11:43