Case brief
What is this about?
WP(C) No.10070 of 2026, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 01.05.2026 by Justice Sanjay Kumar Mishra. Petitioner Hemant Kumar Rath (farmer), represented by Ms. R. Mohapatra, versus State of Odisha & ors. (Opposite Parties), represented by Mr. S. Mishra, ASC. After filing of the writ petition the authority concerned procured the petitioner's paddy, rendering the prayer infructuous; memo filed by petitioner's counsel kept on record; writ petition disposed of as infructuous without adjudication on merits. No statute or precedent cited, no amount awarded.
What did the court decide?
Since, after filing of the writ petition, the authority concerned procured the paddy of the petitioner-farmer and the prayer made in the writ petition became infructuous, and counsel for the petitioner filed a memo to that effect which was kept on record, the writ petition stands disposed of as infructuous.