JUDGMENT :

A.K. Mohapatra, J.

1. The present revision is directed against the impugned order dated 17.02.2021 passed by the District Judge, Gajapati at Paralakhemundi passed in Adoption Misc. Case No.03 of 2020 under Annexure-1 rejecting the adoption of minor female child, namely, xxxx xxxx, who is presently under the care and custody of the petitioner’s institution NISSAN Shalom Children Home (Specialized Adoption Agency (SAA)), located at Biswanath Nagar, Paralakhemundi in the district of Ganjam.

2. Bereft of unnecessary details, the factual backdrop of the present case, is that the petitioner’s institution is a registered and recognized agency working in the field of Child and Social Welfare in the district of Gajapati wherein destitute and relinquished children are rehabilitated. The minor female child, namely, xxxx xxxx, whose adoption is the subject matter of adjudication in the present revision petition, is presently under the care and custody of the petitioner’s institution. The female child in question sought to be adopted as an abandoned/orphan child aged about 10 years as she was born on 11.09.2011. Further she was declared legally free for adoption by the district Child We