Case brief
What is this about?
Mutation; abatement case; Record of Rights (RoR) correction; Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar; Odisha Water Supply and Swerage Board; principles of natural justice; opportunity of being heard; quashing of mutation order; remand for fresh decision; Hemant Kumar Rana v. State of Odisha; W.P.(C) No.16225 of 2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice Ananda Chandra Behera; decided 01.09.2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of finally: impugned order dated 20.07.2023 in Abatement Case No.09 of 2023 quashed; Abatement Case No.09 of 2023 remanded to the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.4) for fresh decision as per law after hearing the petitioner and others, if any, within one month from communication of this order; Registry directed to communicate the order copy immediately; urgent certified copy to the petitioner on proper application.