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p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
WA No.1432 of 2025
Smrutiranjan Biswal …. Appellant
Represented by Adv.- Mr. J. Pattanaik, Adv.
-versus-
State of Odisha & Ors. …. Respondents
Represented by Adv.- Mr. U.C. Behura, AGA
CORAM:
JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD
JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH
ORDER 27.01.2026
This Intra-Court Appeal seeks to lay a challenge to a learned Single Judge’s order dated 18.07.2025, whereby his WP(C) No.19449 of 2025 calling in question the order of the Tahsildar made under the provisions of Section 4(1)(a) of Orissa Land Reforms Act, 1960, has been negatived.
2.
Learned counsel appearing for the Appellant submits and he places on record a copy of decision of a Co-ordinate Bench in Writ Appeal No.2979 of 2024 between Dillip Kumar Pradhan v. State of Odisha,
disposed off on 04.03.2025 in support that against the order of the Tahasildra, a statutory appeal is provided under Section 58 of the Act and therefore, appeal be disposed off granting liberty to approach the appellate forum.
Order No.
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3. Learned AGA appearing for the Respondents very fairly submits that whatever alternative remedy, the Appellant wants to pursue, he may do it and therefore, Appeal be accordingly disposed off.
In view of the above, Appeal is disposed off reserving liberty to the Appellant to avail the statutory remedy in accordance with law. Whatever time spent in prosecution of this Appeal, shall be discounted while computing the period of limitation prescribed for such Appeal. Registry to return the impugned order after retaining a photostat copy thereof in the file.
Web copy of order to be acted upon by all concerned.
(Dixit Krishna Shripad) Judge
(Chittaranjan Dash) Judge Prasant Designation: Personal Assistant