Pradipta Kumar Swain v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition (W.P.(C) No.30628 of 2025) before the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 24.11.2025 by Justice Ananda Chandra Behera. Petitioner: Pradipta Kumar Swain (counsel S.K. Nayak); Opposite Parties: State of Odisha and others (counsel S. Nayak, ASC). Outcome: petition disposed of finally; Assistant Settlement Officer, Rental Colony, Bhubaneswar (at Major Settlement Office, Jobra, Cuttack), Opposite Party No.2, directed to accept the petitioner's application and decide it as per law expeditiously. No statutes or precedents cited; no monetary quantum.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of finally with direction to Opposite Party No.2 to accept the petitioner's application and dispose of it as per law as expeditiously as possible; urgent certified copy of the order to be granted to the petitioner on proper application.