Bipin Bihari Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Single-judge order of the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack (Justice B.P. Routray) disposing of W.P.(C) No.1511 of 2026 filed by Bipin Bihari Nayak against the State of Odisha & Ors. (counsel: B.K.Behera for petitioner; T.K.Dash, AGA for State). Grievance: eviction notice issued by the Tahasildar, Athgarh without due opportunity of hearing. Relief: direction to grant hearing and decide in accordance with law within six weeks, with interim protection against eviction from the case land. Useful for searches on procedural fairness / audi alteram partem in eviction matters before Tahasildars in Odisha; no statutes or precedents cited in the order.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Tahasildar, Athgarh (O.P.No.3) to grant due opportunity of hearing to the Petitioner and take decision in accordance with law within six weeks of receipt of certified copy of the order along with a copy of the writ petition; petitioner not to be evicted from the case land until such decision.