Sundari Mohanty v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa (B. P. Routray, J.), W.P.(C) No.459 of 2023, order 07.05.2024: Land Records Commissioner's 2008 rejection of Hal map correction under Section 37 of the Odisha Consolidation of Holdings and Prevention of Fragmentation of Land Act set aside; Commissioner held to have failed to exercise jurisdiction under Section 37(1) after closer notification under Section 41 of the OCH & PFL Act; portion of Government road (Hal Plot No.1281, 60 links x 10 links) wrongly amalgamated into Hal Plot No.1282 of Opposite Party Nos. 3 to 15 remained undisputed and was admitted by the Consolidation Officer; map correction directed; writ petition disposed of. Keywords: consolidation, Hal map, ROR, M.S. settlement, closer notification, Government road, Plot No.1282, OCH & PFL Act, Sundari Mohanty.
What did the court decide?
Impugned order of the learned Land Records Commissioner set aside; direction issued to correct the map so as to remove the wrongly amalgamated portion of Government road from Hal Plot No.1282.