Manasi Das v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack — W.P.(C) No.21700 of 2024, order dated 19.02.2025 (Arindam Sinha, Acting Chief Justice and M.S. Sahoo, JJ.). Construction of additional class rooms on deity land (Khata No.938, Plot No.2461, Bijesthali, under RT Govt. of Odisha) instead of the land identified by the Tahasildar; admission in Tahasildar's letter dated 29.01.2025 and Revenue Inspector, Balia's report dated 26.12.2024; encroachment cases initiated under the Odisha Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1972; petition disposed of with direction for expeditious prosecution of the encroachment cases and opportunity to the intervenor to defend.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of, with the encroachment cases under the Odisha Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1972 to be diligently prosecuted and disposed of expeditiously without unnecessary adjournments, and the applicant-intervener given opportunity to defend in those cases.