Niranjan Dalai v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) No.17825 of 2026, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 17.07.2026 by Justice B.P. Routray. Nirajan Dalai v. State of Odisha & Ors. Petitioner sought direction for consideration by RDC, Cuttack of his application for exchange of alleged encroached land with his private land, pending a revision application under the O.P.L.E. Act before the Collector. Court disposed the petition at admission, directing RDC (O.P.No.2) to consider the Annexure-1 prayer within three months and ordering no eviction of the petitioner from the case land until decision. Keywords: O.P.L.E. Act; RDC Cuttack; land exchange; encroachment; interim protection against eviction; G.Mishra Sr.Advocate; G.Tripathy AGA.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the RDC, Cuttack (O.P.No.2) to consider the Petitioner's prayer at Annexure-1 in accordance with law within three months of receipt of certified copy of the order together with a copy of the writ petition; interim protection that the Petitioner may not be evicted from the case land until such decision is taken.