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Pratyush Sahu v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC20 Sept 2025WP(C)/12892/2025

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Withdrawal order; W.P.(C). No. 12892 of 2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; order dated 20.09.2025; Pratyush Sahu and Others v. State of Odisha and others; employment benefit as land oustees for Bharatpur Open Cast Project (OCP) of Mahanadi Coal Field Limited (MCL), Opposite Party Nos.3 to 6; land oustee certificate (Annexure-1) issued by Special Land Acquisition Officer, MCL, Angul for Hingula Area, Talcher; no instruction whether award passed for Bharatpur OCP; disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file fresh writ petition with better particulars within one month; no statute or precedent cited; no point of law decided.

What did the court decide?

Withdrawal permitted, with liberty to file a fresh writ petition with better particulars within one month from 20.09.2025. ¶24

Pratyush Sahu Vs State of Odisha — Orissa HC (2025) — LawSathi Research

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Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: ROJALIN NAYAK Designation: Junior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, C UTT ACK Date: 20-Sep-2025 16:01:17

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

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W.P.(C). NO. 12892 OF 2025

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Pratyush Sahu and Others …. Petitioners

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Mr. Kousik Ananda Guru, Advocate

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-versus-

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State of Odisha and others

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…. Opp. Parties

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Mr. Sabita Ranjan Pattnaik, Additional Government Advocate

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CORAM:

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JUSTICE K.R. MOHAPATRA JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA

Order No.

ORDER 20.09.2025

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

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The Petitioners in this writ application are aggrieved by the inaction of the Authorities under Mahanadi Coal Field Limited (MCL), more particularly, Opposite Party Nos.3 to 6 in not extending the benefit of employment for acquisition of land of the Petitioners for Bharatpur Open Cast Project (OCP).

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In course of argument, it came to light that the land oustee certificate (Annexure-1) was issued by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, MCL, Angul in favour of the Petitioners in respect of Hingula Area, MCL, Talcher.

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Mr. Guru, learned counsel for the Petitioners also submits that he has no instruction as to whether any award was passed in favour of the Petitioners for acquisition of their land for Bharatpur

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Signature Not Verified

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Digitally Signed Signed by: ROJALIN NAYAK Designation: Junior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, C UTT ACK Date: 20-Sep-2025 16:01:17

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OCP. In view of the above, he prays for withdrawal of the writ petition to file a fresh one with better particulars.

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Mr. Pattnaik, learned Additional Government Advocate does not have any objection to the same.

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In view of the above, the writ petition is disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to file a fresh one with better particulars within a period of one month from today.

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(K.R. Mohapatra) Judge

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(S.K. Mishra) Judge

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Rojalin

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