Abhiram Naik v. the Executive Officer, Municipality, Nayagarh
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa HC, Cuttack | W.P.(C) No.6131 of 2024 | Abhiram Naik & others v. Executive Officer, Municipality, Nayagarh & others | decided 15.03.2024 by Justice R.K. Pattanaik | disposal with direction: alleged illegal encroachment of petitioners' plot for municipality road construction; pleader's notice under Orissa Municipal Act served Feb 2024 unanswered; representation to be filed within 15 days, grievance petition to be entertained and decided preferably within 2 weeks, construction work deferred meanwhile. Keywords: encroachment, municipality road, pleader's notice, Orissa Municipal Act, Nayagarh, defer construction, writ disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to opposite party No.1 to consider the petitioners' representation (to be filed within fifteen days), entertain the grievance petition, take a decision at the earliest preferably within the next two weeks, and defer the construction work until such time; directions issued without notice to opposite party No.1 at present, recording the submission of Mr. Patra, learned ASC for the State.