Jamuna Jagat v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; W.P.(C) No.900 of 2025; decided 20.01.2025; Coram: Justice S.K. Sahoo and Justice Chittaranjan Dash; Petitioner: Jamuna Jagat (Counsel: B.K. Behera); Respondents: State of Odisha and others (Counsel: Aurobinda Mohanty, Addl. Govt. Advocate); Subject: expedited disposal of application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 styled L.A.R. Case No.16 of 2021 pending before Special Land Acquisition Officer, Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, Nuapada; Result: writ disposed with three-month disposal direction and conditional two-month compensation disbursement direction.
What did the court decide?
Direction to opposite party no.3 to dispose of L.A.R. Case No.16 of 2021 in accordance with law within three months from the date of production of a certified copy of the order and to communicate the result to the petitioner; if the Section 28-A application is allowed and there is no other legal impediment, the compensation amount to be disbursed in favour of the petitioner within two months thereafter.