Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: contempt petition; non-compliance of court order; compliance direction; mutation case disposal; extension of timeline; three-week deadline; W.P.(C) No.25332 of 2024; Mutation Case No. 5661 of 2022; Ranubala Parida; Debasis Rout (OAS); P.K. Khuntia (counsel for petitioner); P.K. Ray (AGA); R.K. Pattanaik, Judge; Orissa High Court at Cuttack; CONTC No.1237 of 2025; order dated 12.12.2025. Relevant when researching contempt/enforcement orders directing an administrative officer-contemnor to complete and dispose of a pending mutation proceeding within a stipulated period, and disposal of the contempt petition on grant of such a direction.
What did the court decide?
Contempt petition disposed of with a direction to the opposite party/contemnor to conclude the hearing and disposal of Mutation Case No. 5661 of 2022 as soon as possible, preferably within three weeks; urgent copy as per rules and a copy of the order supplied to learned AGA for onwards intimation to the opposite party/contemnor.