JUDGMENT

M.M. DAS, J. — By virtue of registered sale deed dated 26.8.1997, the petitioner purchased land measuring Ac.0.55 deci¬mals under Khata No.387 appertaining to Plot No.303/1502 corre¬sponding to Sabik Plot No.484/1/1 under Sabik Khata No.9 situated in Mouza - Rourkela Town, Unit No.43 (previously mouza Durgapur) under Panposh Tahasil in the district of Sundargarh, from the opp.party No.5. It is the case of the petitioner that originally the disputed property was recorded in the name of one Rajib Panda in the Sabik Settlement R.O.R. as would be found in Annexure-5. Sudarsan Panda son of said Rajib Panda sold the case land to the father of the opp.party No.4, i.e., late Dwarika Das Atha on 22.6.1965. The said Dwarika Das Atha subsequently sold the land on 30.6.1971 to the opp.party No.5. It also transpires that the State instituted Brahmattar Mafi Case No.6/56-67 under the O.E.A. Act. Pursuant to the Press Note issued on 26.4.1964. The original owner-Sudarsan Panda and many other intermediaries filed a joint petition for settlement of the said land under Sections 6 and 7 of the O.E.A Act, which was allowed by order dated 30.12.1972. According to the petitioner, the land bein