p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.10062 of 2026 Munik Mallick …. Petitioner(s) Mr. Debasis Mishra, Adv. -versus- Revenue Officer-cum- Assistant Consolidation Officer, Puri …. Opposite Party(s) Mr. J. K. Bal, AGA CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SIBO SANKAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 24.04.2026 01. 1. The Petitioner by invoking the Writ Jurisdiction of this Court seeks the following prayer:- “Under the facts and circumstances stated above the petitioner therefore prays this Hon'ble Court may be graciously pleased to issue notice to the Opposite Parties call for the records and after hearing the parties to this writ petition and this Hon'ble Court may further be pleased to direct the Opposite Party to dispose of the Conversion Case No.50 of 2022 within a time stipulated by this Hon'ble Court. And pass such other order/orders, direction/direction as may be deemed just and proper in favour of the petitioner;” 2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that his limited prayer for disposal of the application p. 2 Conversion Case No.50 of 2022 filed by him under Section 8(A) of the OLR Act read with Rule 12(A) of the OLR Rule for seeking conversion of the scheduled land from agriculture to homestead. By drawing the attention of this Court to the proceeding dated 30.06.2022 before the Revenue Officer-cum-Assistant Consolidation Officer, Puri, he submits that after 30th June, 2022, the matter has not been taken up for consideration, therefore, he has approached this Court by filing the present Writ Petition. 3. Free, fair and speedy justice is not only a constitutional right but also a statutory right of the citizens. Therefore, the prayer made by the petitioner for early disposal of Conversion Case No.50 of 2022 pending before the Revenue Officer-cum-Assistant Consolidation Officer, Puri/Opposite Party deserves merit to be considered. It is also the bounden duty of the authority concerned to dispose of the matter in a time bound manner so as to avoid undue prolongation. It is also true that the boards of the authority are full, alive to the said fact, this Court expects the authority to do well to see that the Conversion Case No.50 of 2022 is disposed of as expeditiously as possible without entertaining p. 3 unnecessary request of adjournments by either parties. It is also expected that the Petitioner and all other contesting parties shall extend every co- operation to the Opposite Party/Revenue Officer- cum-Assistant Consolidation Officer, Puri for early disposal of the case. 4. This Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case or the maintainability of the case, the proceeding initiated by the Petitioner in the present case. 5. With the aforementioned observation, the Writ Petition is disposed of. Sumitra ( S.S. Mishra) Judge