Balmer Lawrle and Company vs District Magistrate and Collector, Puri

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2026 Supreme(Ori) 33

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SASHIKANTA MISHRA
Balmer Lawrle and Company – Appellant
Versus
District Magistrate and Collector, Puri – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : R.K. Mohanty, S. Biswal
For the Respondent: S.S. Routray

Table of Content
1. challenge to revised rent and its legality (Para 1 , 2)
2. no counter affidavit from state; oral submissions made (Para 3 , 4)
3. arguments on jurisdiction and rent revision process (Para 5 , 6)
4. requirements of natural justice in rent revisions (Para 7)
5. court's directive to quash impugned orders (Para 8)

JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner in the present writ application seeks the following relief:

And, pass any other appropriate directions, as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper.

2. The facts of the case, briefly stated, are that the land in question being Government land, was leased out to Abhijit Sen, Sanjay Sen and Sumitra Sen belonging to Kolkata and subsequently transferred in their favour on 30.01.1996 by executing Lease Deed. The petitioner, which is a company purchased the property from the above-named lessees vide Sale Deed No. 4966 dated 07.04.1997. The property was thereafter mutated in favour of the petitioner company in the Record of Right, a copy of which is enclosed as Annexure-3 to the writ application. The annual rent was fixed at Rs. 1030/- besides cess at Rs. 772.50. The petitioner thereafter paid the rent so fixed. Suddenly, by letter dated 02.

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