Soudamini Tripathy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha HC Cuttack; W.P.(C) 21884 of 2024; Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi; order dated 05.09.2024. Petitioners: Soudamini Tripathy & Ors. (Ashok Kumar Das, Adv.); Opposite Parties: State of Odisha & Ors. (Ch. S. Mishra, AGA). Subject: challenge to initiation of OPP Cases 92/2024, 93/2024, 22/2024, 31/2024, 20/2024, 12/2024, 21/2024 per Estate Officer-cum-Additional Tahasildar, Berhampur notice dated 03.08.2024; objections filed but cases pending; no eviction notice served. Directions: Petitioners to reply to show cause notice; OPP Cases to be disposed within two months of presentation of authenticated copy of order; no coercive action until reply filed. Disposed. No statute or precedent cited in the judgment text.
What did the court decide?
Directions to the Petitioners to file reply to the show cause notice dated 03.08.2024; the Estate Officer-cum-Additional Tahasildar, Berhampur to dispose of the OPP Cases within two months from presentation of an authenticated copy of the order; and a bar on coercive action against the Petitioners until the reply is filed.