IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.2078 of 2026 Chitta Ranjan Sahoo @ Chitaranjan Sahoo …. Petitioner Mr. B.K. Nayak, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & others …. Opposite Parties Mr. Siba Narayan Biswal, Additional Standing Counsel CORAM: JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR MISHRA Order No. ORDER 24.03.2026 01. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned Counsel for the Petitioner so also Mr. Biswal, learned Additional Standing Counsel, who represents the Opposite Party Nos.1 & 2 and admits to have received copy of the Writ Petition with I.A. 3. An innocuous prayer has been made by the Petitioner, seeking direction to the Opposite Party No.2, i.e. Tahasildar-cum-Mutation Officer, Gania for early disposal of Mutation Case No.339 of 2024. 4. Hence, on consent of the learned Counsel for the Parties, the writ petition is taken up for hearing and disposal at the stage of admission. 5. As is ascertained from Annexure-1 to the Writ Petition, the very basis of initiation of said mutation case is the judgment and decree dated 09.07.2024 passed by the learned Additional Civil Judge (Jr. division), Daspalla in p. 2 Civil Suit No.12 of 2024. 6. Accordingly, the Tahasildar-cum-Mutation Officer, Gania, in the district of Nayagarh (Opposite Party No.2) is directed to dispose of the Mutation Case No.339 of 2024 in terms of the provisions enshrined under the Odisha Mutation Manual, 1962 at the earliest, preferably within a period of two months from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order, provided there is no legal impediment to dispose of the said case. 7. It is made clear that the present Opposite Party Nos.3 & 4, who are said to be the Proforma Opposite Parties and parties to the said Mutation Case, should also be noticed and heard before passing of the final order in the Mutation Case No.339 of 2024. 8. Accordingly, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. 9. Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application as per rules. Prasant (S. K. MISHRA) JUDGE Designation: Secretary Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack.