Basanta Kumar Pradhan v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, W.P.(C) No.20109 of 2025 (Basanta Kumar Pradhan v. State of Odisha and Others), order dated 11.11.2025 by Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy. Writ petition disposed of at the outset because an appeal on the selfsame issue (Annexure-4) was already pending before Opposite Party No.1; petitioner given liberty to pursue that appeal. TPCODL represented by L.K. Maharana; petitioner by J. Sahoo. Keywords: parallel proceedings, alternative remedy/appeal pending, writ petition not entertained, disposed of, TPCODL, Annexure-4.
What did the court decide?
Since the petitioner had already preferred an appeal on the self-same issue before Opposite Party No.1 (Annexure-4), the Court was not inclined to entertain the Writ Petition. ¶¶18