Prasanta Kumar Swain v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ disposal; administrative-direction petition; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; WP(C) No.17314 of 2025; petitioner Prasanta Kumar Swain; opposite parties State of Odisha, Collector Khurda, Tahasildar Bhubaneswar; counsel Pravat Kumar Muduli (petitioner), Ms. J. Sahoo ASC (opposite parties); representation dated 23.07.2024 pending before Tahasildar; fifteen-day disposal timeline; opportunity of being heard; intimation of result; Registry to communicate order; Justice Ananda Chandra Behera; order dated 02.09.2025; no statute or precedent cited in the order.
What did the court decide?
Final disposal of the writ petition with a direction to the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar (OP No.3) to decide the petitioner's representation dated 23.07.2024 within fifteen days of communication of the order, after giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard, and to intimate the result to him; Registry to forward the order forthwith; urgent certified copy on proper application.