Arata Behera vs State of Odisha - 2025 Supreme(Ori) 808

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2025 Supreme(Ori) 808

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA
Arata Behera – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Pabitra Kumar Behera
For the Respondent: S. Nayak

Table of Content
1. writ petition filed challenging tahasildar's order. (Para 1 , 3 , 4)
2. natural justice violations render order illegal. (Para 5)
3. court finds merit in the petition. (Para 6 , 7)
4. writ petition allowed; order quashed and remanded. (Para 8 , 9 , 10)

JUDGMENT :

ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA, J.

1. This writ petition under Article 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 has been filed by the petitioner praying for quashing the final order dated 30.05.2025 passed in Mutation Case No.2197 of 2025 by the Tahasildar, Odagaon (Opp. Party No.3).

2. Heard from the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Addl. Standing Counsel for the State-Opp. Parties.

3. The factual backgrounds of this writ petition which prompted the petitioner for filing of the same is that, the petitioner had filed a Mutation Case vide Mutation Case No.2197 of 2025 before the Tahasildar, Odagaon (Opp. Party No.3) praying for Mutation of the properties to his name covered under a unregistered Will, but as per order dated 30.05.2025, the Tahasildar, Odagaon (Opp. Party No.3) dropped that Mutation Case of the petitioner on the ground of absence of the petitioner on that day.

4. On being aggrieved with