Saraswati Panigrahi v. State and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Land recording; settlement; non-recording of case land despite sale deed, possession and lease records; revision under Section 15(b) OSS Act, 1958 before the Commissioner; limitation excusal under Section 14 Indian Limitation Act, 1963 for bona fide approach to wrong forum; disposal of writ petition with directions to decide within three months; decisions relied by petitioner including W.P.(C) No.14955 of 2014; Saraswati Panigrahi v. State of Orissa and Ors.; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Ananda Chandra Behera, J.; 09.10.2025.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner (or her LRs) to file a revision under Section 15(b) of the OSS Act, 1958 before the Commissioner praying for recording of the case land in her name; the Commissioner to entertain it without questioning limitation (invoking Section 14 of the Indian Limitation Act, 1963) and to decide it on merit within three months, taking into account the decisions relied upon by the petitioner, including the judgment in W.P.(C) No.14955 of 2014.