IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.19500 of 2024 Sita Sahu …. Petitioner(s) (None) -versus- Bijay Kumar Sahu and others …. Opp. Party(s) Mr. Debraj Mohanty, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 16.04.2026 01. 1. None appears for the petitioner at the time of call. 2. The petitioner has filed the present petition, inter alia, seeking the following relief:- “Under the aforestated circumstances morefully narrated herein above the petitioner most humbly prays that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to pass necessary direction/directions to the learned Additional Commissioner, Settlement and Consolidation, Ganjam at Berhampur for admission/early disposal of Consolidated Revision Petition (C.R.P) Case No.29 of 2024 pending in the court of the learned Additional Commissioner, Settlement and Consolidation, Ganjam at Berhampur as expeditiously as possible within a stipulated period.” 3. The petitioner in the present petition is seeking a direction to the opposite party No.4, Additional Commissioner, Settlement and Consolidation, Ganjam at Berhampur for early disposal of the Consolidated Revision Petition (C.R.P) Case No.29 of 2024. From the record, it appears that only one annexure has been filed with the petition and the records of the proceeding before the Additional Commissioner, Settlement and Consolidation, Ganjam at Berhampur has also not been placed on record. 4. Be that as it may, free, fair and speedy justice is the constitutional and statutory right of the every citizen and authorities under the State are duty bound to protect the said right of the petitioner for that matter rights of all other citizens. Therefore, the prayer made by the petitioner deserves merit to be entrained despite this court alive to the number of pendency of cases before the authority. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the opposite party No.4 to do well to see that the Consolidated Revision Petition (C.R.P) Case No.29 of 2024 is disposed of as expeditiously as possible without entertaining unnecessary adjournment to any of the parties. The parties are also expected to co-operate for early disposal of the subject proceeding. This Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case. (S.S. Mishra) Judge Swarna