Nayana Mangaraj v. Rajesh Pravakar Patil,Commnr., B.M.C, Bbsr
Case brief
What is this about?
CONTC No. 644 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, R.K. Pattanaik, J., order dated 04.09.2025. Contempt petition by Nayana Mangaraj (counsel K. Patra) against Rajesh Prabhakar Patil, Commissioner, Bhubaneswar Municipal Corporation (counsel N. Panda), for non-compliance with the order in W.P.(C) No.1601 of 2024 (31.01.2024) and the direction in CONTC No.3008 of 2024 (disposed 08.11.2024) to remove encroachment. Encroacher Prasanna Kumar Mangaraj's Appeal No.08 of 2025 under Section 91(2) ODA Act disposed 21.06.2025; interim no-coercive-action direction in W.P.(C) No. 8874 of 2025 (02.04.2025) had applied till appeal disposal. Petition disposed of with direction to the contemnor to ensure removal of encroachment preferably within six weeks of receipt of the order.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the opposite party/contemnor to ensure removal of the encroachment as soon as possible, preferably within six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.