KANCHANBALA SAHOO v. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER-CUM-COMPETENT AUTHORITY, KEONJHAR
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: MR. JUSTICE S.K.SAHOO,MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH
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High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2024-12-16. KANCHANBALA SAHOO v. LAND ACQUISITION OFFICER-CUM-COMPETENT AUTHORITY, KEONJHAR. Read the judgment and case...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W. P. (C) No. 29839 of 2024 Kanchanbala Sahoo ….. Petitioner Mr. Sephalee Das, Advocate -versus- Land Acquisition Officer -cum- ..... Opp. Party Competent Authority, Keonjhar and another Mr. Aurobinda Mohanty, Addl. Standing Counsel CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. K. SAHOO THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH ORDER 16. 12. 2024 Order No. 01. This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode). Heard learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and learned counsel for the State of Odisha. The petitioner has filed this writ petition with a prayer to direct the opp. party no. 1 to pay the differential compensation amount to the petitioner by calculating the compensation on the basis of Circular dated 05. 02. 2007 and 02. 02. 2007 under Annexure-1 and 2 respectively and further direct to dispose of the representation dated 04. 01. 2024 under Annexure-4 within a stipulated period.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that highlighting the grievances, the petitioner submitted a representation dated 04. 01. 2024 under Annexure-4 before the Land Acquisition Officer -cum- Competent Authority, N. H. -215 Project, Keonjhar, opp. party no. 1, but he not received any communication from the concerned Authority relating to the status of the representation and therefore, a direction may be given to dispose of the same, it may be directed to dispose of within a specified period. Learned counsel for the State has no objection to such submission. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the respective parties, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, we dispose of the writ petition directing the Land Acquisition Officer -cum- Competent Authority, N. H. -215 Project, Keonjhar, opp. party no.
1, to take a decision on the representation filed by the petitioner vide Annexure-4 and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of production of a certified copy of this order and communicate the result/decision taken thereon to the petitioner within two weeks thereafter. Urgent certified copy of this order be granted as per rules. ( S. K. Sahoo) Judge (Chittaranjan Dash) Judge Rajesh Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: SIPUN BEHERA Designation: Senior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Page 3 of 3 Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK Date: 17-Dec-2024 16:09:23
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