Sk.Basa v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha writ matter on land mutation: WP(C) No.9710 of 2025, Sk.basa v. State of Odisha & others, disposed of 11.07.2025 by Justice Ananda Chandra Behera. Orders in Mutation Appeal No.191 of 2022 (Sub-Collector, Jajpur) and Mutation Case No.l118 of 2022 (Tahasildar, Jajpur) set aside; mutation case remitted for fresh decision with notice to all recorded tenants and legal heirs of deceased tenants, hearing per natural justice, within two months of communication. Keywords: mutation; Tahasildar Jajpur; Sub-Collector Jajpur; recorded tenants; legal heirs; natural justice; remittal; WP(C) 9710/2025.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of finally: order in Mutation Appeal No.191 of 2022 (Sub-Collector, Jajpur) and order in Mutation Case No.l118 of 2022 (Tahasildar, Jajpur) set aside; Mutation Case No.l118 of 2022 remitted to the Tahasildar, Jajpur for fresh decision after notice to all recorded tenants (and to legal heirs of any deceased recorded tenant) with opportunity of hearing per natural justice, within two months positively from communication of the order; registry directed to communicate the order immediately to the Tahasildar, Jajpur; urgent certified copy on proper application.