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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
W.P.(C) No.32422 of 2025
Bisikesana Narayan Moili …. Petitioner Mr. Susanta Kumar Jesty, Advocate
-versus-
State of Odisha and Others …. Opp. Parties Mr. Saroj Kumar Jee, AGA
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH
Order No.
ORDER 20.03.2026
01.
1. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
2. By means of this application, the Petitioner seeks the following relief:
“It is, therefore, humbly prays that this Hon'ble court may graciously be pleased to admit this writ petition and issue a Rule Nisi, calling upon the Opp. parties to show caused as to why the registration of the instrument/document presented for registration shall not be registered and if the opposite parties failed to show cause or show insufficient cause, make the said Rule Nisi absolute and be pleased to pass appropriate writ / writs, order /orders and direction/ directions;”
3.
Learned counsel for the Petitioner, in the course of hearing, drew the attention of this Court to the order passed in W.P.(C) No.18277 of 2023, wherein a Coordinate Bench of this Court observed as follows:
“7. In that view of the matter, the letter under Annexure-2 issued by the Superintend of Police, EOW, CID CB, Odisha, Bhubaneswar is without jurisdiction and is hereby set aside. Consequently, the writ petition is allowed and the Sub- Registrar, Khalikot-Opposite Party No.1 is directed to consider the registration of the sale deeds under Annexure-6 series without taking note of the instruction issued under
Annexure-2. The process of taking decision for registration of the sale deeds shall be completed within a period of four weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this
order.
8. With the aforesaid observation and direction, this writ petition is disposed of. The revision petition is dismissed on merit as not maintainable.”
4. Learned AGA submitted that he has no serious objection to the aforesaid direction issued by this Court and further submitted that the said order has not been challenged before any higher forum.
5. Keeping in view the aforesaid position, Opposite Party No.3 is directed to consider and dispose of the Petitioner’s application relating to registration of the document(s) in accordance with law and in the light of the order passed in W.P.(C) No.18277 of 2023 within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of a certified copy of this order, provided there is no other legal impediment.
6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the writ petition stands disposed of.
(Chittaranjan Dash) Judge
AKPradhan Designation: Senior Stenographer