p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) Nos. 5294, 5295 And 5838 of 2026 M/s. ESL Steel Ltd., Sundargarh …. Petitioner Mr. Venugopal Mahapatra, Advocate Mr. Ritesh Patnaik, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha and others …. Opposite Parties Mr. Sanjib Kumar Swain, Additional Government Advocate CORAM: HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN Order No. ORDER 21.04.2026 01. 1. All these three matters are listed together to be heard analogously as the issues involved in all these matters are identical and similar in nature. 2. The approach is made by the petitioner seeking to quash and set aside the impugned demand notices issued by the Deputy Director of Mines, Koira Circle with consequential prayer in the form of a direction to be passed upon the State Government refraining from taking any coercive action, including stoppage or restriction of mining operations and/or determination of lease on the strength of the present demand notices. p. 2 3. Admittedly, the petitioner approached the Revisional Authority assailing the said demand having raised upon it and amidst the pendency of the same, filed the instant writ petitions as the Revisional Authority was protracting the litigations and was unable to take up the same. However, it is submitted by Mr. Venugopal Mahapatra, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that out of the aforementioned three writ petitions, the Revisional Authority has taken up the revisional application pertaining to W.P.(C) Nos.5294 and 5295 of 2026 on 17th March 2023 and a direction has been passed, which according to the petitioner, has protected the interest of the petitioner. 4. Mr. Mahapatra, learned counsel further submits that so far as the third writ petition, i.e., W.P.(C) No.5838 of 2026 is concerned, the Revisional Authority has not taken up the same and, therefore, a direction may be passed upon the Revisional Authority to take up the connected revisional application and pass an appropriate order as it deemed fit and proper. 5. Mr. Sanjib Kumar Swain, learned Additional Government Advocate (AGA) appearing on behalf of the opposite parties-State does not oppose the said prayer and further corroborated the stand that the matter may be relegated to the Revisional Authority to take a p. 3 conscious decision as the said forum is a statutory forum provided under the statute. 6. In view of such stand having taken before us, the writ petition being W.P.(C) No.5838 of 2026 is disposed of with a direction upon the Revisional Authority to take up the said revisional application within fortnight from the date of communication of this order; if necessary, by preponing the date in presence of both the parties or their respective counsel and the Revisional Authority shall pass an appropriate order as deemed fit and proper if the circumstance so warrants. 7. So far as the other two writ petitions, i.e., W.P.(C) Nos.5294 and 5295 of 2026 are concerned, since the petitioner is protected by an interim direction, no further adjudication is warranted at this stage. 8. Accordingly, all the writ petitions are disposed of in the above terms. (Harish Tandon) Chief Justice (M.S. Raman) Judge S. Behera Designation: Senior Stenographer