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Usharani Nanda v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC5 May 2026WP(C)/13899/2026

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What is this about?

Orissa High Court, Cuttack; W.P.(C) No.13899 of 2026; Usharani Nanda & Anr. v. State of Odisha & Ors.; Justice B.P. Routray; order dated 05.05.2026; eviction and demolition without notice or opportunity of hearing; direction to Secretary, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (O.P. No.5) to hear petitioners and decide per law within six months; interim protection against eviction; Plot No.1397; Sabik Khata No.535; Mouza Pathargadia; Annexure-2 series purchase from recorded tenant; natural justice; pre-decisional hearing; no-eviction till decision.

What did the court decide?

Direction to Secretary, Bhubaneswar Development Authority (O.P. No.5) to grant the Petitioners due opportunity of hearing before eviction/demolition and decide in accordance with law within six months; Petitioners not to be evicted from the case land until such decision.

Usharani Nanda Vs State of Odisha — Orissa HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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Issue for consideration

Whether the Petitioners may be proceeded against for eviction/demolition from the case land without grant of an opportunity of hearing and without issuance of any notice.

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Court's answer

The writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the Secretary, Bhubaneswar Development Authority, Bhubaneswar (O.P. No.5) to grant the Petitioners due opportunity of hearing before proceeding for their eviction/demolition from the case land and to take a decision in accordance with law within six months from the date of receipt of certified copy of the order along with a copy of the writ petition.

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Ratio / Principle

Interim protection: till such decision is taken by Opposite Party No.5, the Petitioners shall not be evicted from the case land, i.e., their houses situated over Sabik Plot No.1397 in Sabik Khata No.535 of Mouza Pathargadia.

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High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (B.P. Routray, J.), by order dated 05.05.2026 in W.P.(C) No.13899 of 2026 (Usharani Nanda & Anr. v. State of Odisha & Ors.), disposed of the writ petition with a direction to the Secretary, Bhubaneswar Development Authority, Bhubaneswar (O.P. No.5) to grant the Petitioners due opportunity of hearing before proceeding for their eviction/demolition from the case land and to take a decision in accordance with law within six months from receipt of the certified copy of the order along with a copy of the writ petition. Till such decision, the Petitioners were held entitled not to be evicted from the case land, i.e., their houses situated over Sabik Plot No.1397 in Sabik Khata No.535 of Mouza Pathargadia. The Petitioners claimed ownership of Plot No.1397 (Ac.0.100 and Ac.0.180 decimals) purchased from the recorded tenant.

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