Sushil Kumar Patra v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order (M.S. Raman, J.), High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, dated 04.04.2025, disposing of W.P.(C)No.6370 2025 (petitioner: Sushil Kumar Patra, counsel Rakesh Kumar Sarangi; State of Odisha & another represented by AGA Dayanidhi Lenka). Petition sought a direction to the Additional District Magistrate, Cuttack to dispose of Certificate Appeal No.3 of 2003, pending about 22 years; Court had earlier (order dated 24.03.2025) sought status and reasons. On ADM's Letter No.63 dated 02.04.2025 the Court was informed the appeal was disposed of on 28.03.2008 and the record consigned to the District Record Room on 31.10.2013; petition disposed of as no cause of action survives. No statute or precedent cited; hearing via hybrid mode.
What did the court decide?
In view of the instruction that Certificate Appeal No.3 of 2003 had already been disposed of, the prayer in the writ petition to issue a direction to opposite party no.2 – Additional District Magistrate, Cuttack to dispose of Certificate Appeal No.3 of 2003 is incongruous.