Dushmanta Kumar Panda v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Writ petition disposed of with a time-bound direction: Additional Commissioner Settlement and Consolidation, Kalahandi directed to decide Settlement Revision No. 133 of 2020 within six months of production of certified copy; grievance was non-listing after 16.05.2024; caveat not called for; no merits decided. Keywords: delay in disposal of settlement revision; direction to revisional authority; time-bound disposal; Orissa High Court; Savitri Ratho, J.; 09.01.2026; W.P.(C) 34923 of 2025; Kalahandi; Tahasildar Junagarh; Government Notification RDMCHC-Policy-0003-2019-38492/R&DM.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opposite Party No. 2 (Additional Commissioner Settlement and Consolidation, Kalahandi) to dispose of Settlement Revision No. 133 of 2020 within six months of production of a certified copy of the order, if there is no legal impediment, after giving an opportunity of hearing to the parties likely to be affected by the order; urgent certified copy of the order to be granted on proper application.