Santosh Kumar Sethi v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; W.P.(C) No. 18728 of 2025; Santosh Kumr Sethi v. State of Odisha and others; decided 21.07.2025 by Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo. Subject matter: challenge to Tahasildar, Ranapur order dated 20.11.2023 in Mutation Case No. 2941 of 2023; disposed of with liberty to file appeal before appropriate authority, with protective direction that time spent in the writ petition counts toward condonation of delay. No statute or precedent case discussed; short disposal order useful for the proposition of disposing a writ petition with liberty to pursue statutory appeal and counting writ-petition period for delay condonation.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to approach the appropriate authority for redressal of his grievance by filing appeal; period taken in pursuing the writ petition to be considered for condoning delay if the appeal is time barred.