Rama Chandra Jena v. Sub Collector Cum Executive Magistrate
Writ Petition (Civil) – delay in disposal
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court WP(C) No.23552 of 2025 (decided 25.09.2025, Dixit Krishna Shripad J.): writ seeking time-bound disposal of pending Case No.89 of 2023 (pollution matter; counsel referred to it as Case No.84 of 2023) before Sub-Collector-cum-Executive Magistrate; AGA's undertaking of decision within four months recorded and appreciated; petition disposed of without merits opinion, all contentions open, notice to second OP dispensed with, no costs. Keywords: delay in adjudication; pollution case; executive magistrate; Rule NISI; four-month timeline.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted: petition disposed of without opinion on merits, on the strength of the learned AGA's submission that OP No.1 would be instructed to take a call at the latest within four months with contentions open; notice to second OP dispensed with; no costs.