Akhil Baral v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Regulated Market Committee Rahama; displaced trader assured shop space in newly constructed market complex; unconsidered representation at Annexure-18; resolution of 18th meeting of RMC Rahama; earlier court order dated 12.02.2025 in WP(C) No.3901 of 2025; similarly circumstanced persons favoured with alternative shop rooms; directions to A.D.M.-cum-Chairman RMC Rahama to consider and dispose representation within four weeks; further representation within two weeks; decision by Speed Post; interim restraint on allotment of vacant shops to third parties; opportunity of hearing to affected parties; Jagatsinghpur; Kujanga; Talapada Gram Panchayat; writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Directions issued to Opposite Party No.05 (A.D.M.-cum-Chairman, Regulated Market Committee, Rahama): to consider the Petitioner's representation in the light of the 18th-meeting resolution once the Petitioner submits a further representation (with copies of the writ petition and this order) within two weeks; to dispose of it within four weeks of receipt; to intimate the decision by Speed Post; not to allot vacant shops to any third party until the decision is taken; and to give all affected parties an opportunity of hearing before considering the representation.