Indumati Subudhi vs Assistant Settlement Officer & ..... ...
2024 Latest Caselaw 38 Ori

Orissa High Court

Indumati Subudhi vs Assistant Settlement Officer & ..... ... on 2 January, 2024

Bench: B.R. Sarangi, Murahari Sri Raman

               IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                                 W.P.(C) No.3053 of 2016

Indumati Subudhi                          .....                                Petitioner
                                                       Mr. Ranjan Kumar Rout, Advocate

                                          Vs.
Assistant Settlement Officer &            .....                          Opposite Parties
Others
                                                                  State Counsel

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

                                                 ORDER

02.01.2024 Order No. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

03.

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 is hereby set aside and the following directions are issued in this writ petition:

(i) A direction is issued to the ASO to now proceed to record the name of the Petitioner concerning the land in question in her 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

(M.S. RAMAN) Aswini JUDGE

Designation: PA(SECRETARY-IN-CHARGE)

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 03-Jan-2024 11:28:03