Disposed¶18
Purna Chandra Pangi v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCWP(C)/25231/2024
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Orissa High Court single-Judge order dated 03.01.2025 in W.P.(C) No.25231 of 2024 (Purna Chandra Pangi v. State of Odisha and others): writ petition seeking Rs.60 lakhs ground rent/compensation/solatium for 40-year use of petitioner's land by RMC, Koraput; land recorded in petitioner's name in 2009; weekly market removed on petitioner's complaint but payment withheld; Court treated the matter as a money claim and disposed of the writ petition, leaving the petitioner free to pursue a common law remedy if available; no statute or precedent cited.
What did the court decide?
Observing that the Petitioner has made a money claim, the Court disposed of the writ petition instead of adjudicating the monetary claim in the writ forum. ¶18