Mukunda Nag @ Makumd v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Mukunda Nag @ Makund v. State of Odisha & others, W.P.(C) No. 8776 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 07.04.2025 (Justice S.K. Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash). Non-disposal of a section 28-A Land Acquisition Act, 1894 application arising out of L.A.R. No.21 of 2021 pending before the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, District Nuapada. Writ petition disposed with a mandamus-type direction for disposal within three months of certified copy, communication of result, and conditional disbursement of enhanced compensation within two months if the application is allowed. Keywords: Section 28-A LAA 1894, L.A.R. No.21 of 2021, Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, Nuapada, delay in disposal, compensation disbursement, time-bound direction.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opp. Party No.3 (Special Land Acquisition Officer, Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, District Nuapada) to dispose of the petitioner's section 28-A application arising out of L.A.R. Case No.21 of 2021 in accordance with law within three months from production of certified copy of the order, communicate the result to the petitioner, and, if the application is allowed and no other legal impediment exists, disburse the compensation amount within two months thereafter.