Pitambar Mallick v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Pitambar Mallick v. State of Odisha, Collector Jajpur, Sub Collector Jajpur, Tahasildar Dharmasala and IIC Jenapur — WP(C) No.14995 of 2025, decided 08.07.2025 by Justice Ananda Chandra Behera (Orissa High Court, Cuttack). Keywords: land demarcation; Tahasildar, Dharmasala; Government of Odisha Notification No.38869 dated 13.12.2016; guidelines/circular; writ petition disposed of with liberty to apply for demarcation. Advocates: Niranjan Panda for petitioner; G. Mohanty, SC for State/opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of finally with liberty to the petitioner to file an application for demarcation of his land; the Tahasildar, Dharmasala (Opposite Party No.4) directed to entertain and dispose of such application per Government of Odisha Notification No.38869 dated 13.12.2016; urgent certified copy of the Order to be granted to the petitioner on proper application.