Debendra Nath Dhal v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Licence renewal; shop room; lease agreement dated 1st April, 2014; impugned notice dated 19th August, 2025 (Annexure-3); Annexure-2 series rent receipts including June, 2025; State objection that 2014 lease long expired; no post-expiry representation moved; rehabilitation claim if renewal refused; disposal of writ petition with liberty to submit representation within seven days; consideration by opposite party No.1 if permissible under law with order within next seven days; interim direction of no coercive action; Court expressed no opinion on renewal demand; independent examination and decision on merit directed; single-judge order by R.K. Pattanaik, J.; no statutes or precedents cited.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to submit a representation within seven days; opposite party No.1 to consider renewal of licence, if permissible under law, and pass appropriate order within the next seven days; interim protection — no coercive action against the petitioner till such time; Court expressed no opinion on the renewal demand, leaving independent examination on merit to the Authority.