Ashalata Sahoo v. Commissioner of Endowments, Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court writ petition (W.P.(C) No. 13423 of 2025, decided 09.07.2025) by Ashalata Sahoo against Commissioner of Endowments, Odisha; challenged dismissal (22.09.2021, Annexure-3) of her Section 19-A application under the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowments Act, 1951 in O.A. No. 224 of 2015; petition withdrawn and disposed of with liberty to file fresh Section 19-A application within two weeks per Rule 4-A of the Orissa Hindu Religious Endowment Rules, 2012; fresh consideration on merits with hearing directed, uninfluenced by earlier observations; bench: K.R. Mohapatra and Savitri Ratho, JJ.; no monetary relief.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of as withdrawn with liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh application under Section 19-A of the Act within two weeks; the Commissioner of Endowments to consider the fresh application on its own merit with opportunity of hearing, uninfluenced by observations in the impugned order dated 22nd September, 2021 (Annexure-3).