Parikhita Sahoo v. State of Odisha
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Orissa High Court, Cuttack — W.P.(C) No.2840 of 2025 (PIL), Parikhita Sahoo v. State of Odisha and others, order dated 05.02.2025 (Coram: Arindam Sinha, Acting Chief Justice and M.S. Sahoo, J.). PIL by a social worker against eviction notice dated 06.02.2024 issued under the Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment Act, 1972 concerning village-Nuagaon and adjoining villages, Sundergarh. Issues: locus of a third-party social worker to espouse noticees' cause; interference with eviction notice where affected shopkeepers had already filed writ petitions before the assigned Bench. Held: PIL not entertained; directions issued to opposite party nos.1 and 2 to consider villagers' representations dated 28.03.2024 and 30.06.2024; eviction notice to proceed after intimation of decision. Writ petition disposed. Keywords: PIL, locus standi, land encroachment, eviction notice, representations, Sundergarh, Orissa Prevention of Land Encroachment Act 1972.