PRAKASH CHANDRA SETHI v. STATE OF ODISHA
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY
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Case summary
High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2025-10-16. PRAKASH CHANDRA SETHI v. STATE OF ODISHA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No. 15162 of 2024 Prakash Chandra Sethi & Ors. ..... Petitioners Mr. S. Rath, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. L. K. Moharana, Adv. (for the TPCODL) CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 16. 10. 2025 Order No. 09 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners as well as learned counsel for the TPCODL and Opp. Party No. 5. Perused the writ application as well as the documents annexed thereto. 3. On the oral prayer made by the learned counsel for the Petitioners, he is permitted to implead Collector, Khurda as Opposite Party No. 6 in Court. 4.
Petitioners have filed the present writ petition inter alia with the following prayer:- “The Petitioners, therefore, prays that your Lordships would be graciously pleased to admit this writ petition, call for the records and after hearing the parties allow the same, issue writ/writs in the nature of certiorari/mandamus and/ or any other further writ/direction, directing the Opposite Parties to remove electricity Transformer of 32(KV) from entrance of the Petitioner’s property standing over Khata No. 500, Plot Page 1 of 2. No. 1470, under Mouza-Bhubaneswar, Sahar unit No. 19, Baramunda under Annexure-1, within a stipulated Period. And for this act of kindness, the petitioners shall as in duty bound ever pray. ” 5. Mr.
Maharana, learned counsel for TPCODL submits that in view of the ratio decided in the case of Executive Engineer (Electrical), TPCODL and another –v- Soubhagini Patra and another, reported in AIR 2023 Ori 86, the Petitioners have a remedy before the Collector, Khurda by filing a comprehensive petition for redressal of his grievances. 6. Mr. Rath, learned counsel submits that the Petitioners will agitate his grievance before the Collector, Khurda for removal of electric transformer from the entrance of the Petitioner’s property. 7.
In that view of the matter, this writ petition is disposed of with a direction that in the event the Petitioners file a comprehensive representation/grievance petition before the Collector, Khurda in terms of the ratio decided in Executive Engineer (Electrical), TPCODL (supra) within a period of three weeks hence, the same shall be considered and disposed of within a period of three months thereafter giving opportunity of hearing to the parties concerned and decision thereof shall be communicated to the Petitioner forthwith. 8. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the writ application stands disposed of. 9. Issue urgent certified copy of this order as per Rules. (BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Signature Not Verified Judge Digitally Signed Jyoti Signed by: JYOTIPRAVA BHOL Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA Date: 17-Oct-2025 15:34:45 Page 2 of 2.
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