State Of Odisha & Another vs Anirudha Sahu & Another
2023 Latest Caselaw 12242 Ori

                              IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                                               W.P.(C) No.31474 of 2023
          State of Odisha & Another                     .....                              Petitioners
                                                                       Mr.Ajodhya Ranjan Dash, AGA

                                                          Vs.
          Anirudha Sahu & Another                         .....                            Opposite Parties


                             CORAM:
                                 ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE DR. B.R. SARANGI
                                 MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

                                                                 ORDER

09.10.2023 Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. As it appears, the order impugned has been passed on 21.01.2019, the writ petition has been filed on 25.09.2023 and in the meantime more than four years has passed. Therefore, the writ petition suffers from delay and laches.

3. In that view of the matter, this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ petition at this belated stage, as the writ petition suffers from delay and laches, in view of the judgment/order of this Court in the case of State of Odisha v. Surama Manjari Das (in W.P.(C) No.15763 of 2021 dismissed on 16.07.2021), which has been confirmed by the Apex Court in SLP(C) Diary No.9259 of 2023 vide order dated 02.03.2023.

4. Accordingly, the writ petition merits no consideration and the same is hereby dismissed.

                                                                        (DR. B.R. SARANGI)
                                                                      ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE




                                                                              (M.S. RAMAN)
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Designation: PA(SECRETARY-IN-CHARGE) Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 09-Oct-2023 17:33:23