Jagabandhu Chinda v. State of Odisha
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Infructuous disposal of a writ petition — High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, W.P.(C). No.9409 of 2026, decided 07.04.2026; coram Justices K.R. Mohapatra and Sanjay Kumar Mishra. Petitioner: Jagabandhu Chinda (Badri Narayan Ray for Bijaya Kumar Behera); Opposite Parties: State of Odisha and others (Bibekananda Nayak, Additional Government Advocate). Grievance: alleged inaction of the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, in disposing of the petitioner's application under Section 28-A of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894, filed in terms of a judgment dated 9 July 2025 of the Civil Judge (Sr. Division), Nuapada in L.A.R. No.07 of 2021 arising from a reference under Section 18 of the Act. Outcome: writ petition disposed of as infructuous after counsel reported the Section 28-A application had already been disposed of; merits not decided; no monetary amounts involved.