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ORISSA HIGH COURT
RAMESH CHANDRA PANDA – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF ODISHA – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA, J.
1. This writ petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 has been filed by the petitioner praying for quashing the Letter/Order dated 16.04.2025 under Annexure-3 issued/passed by the Opp. Party No.6 (The Managing Director Agriculture Promotion & Investment Cooperation of Odisha i.e. APICOL) and to direct the Opp. Parties including the Opp. Party No.6 for releasing the subsidy of 40% of the project cost (fixed capital) limited to Rs.50,00,000/- (rupees fifty lakhs only).
2. The factual backgrounds of this writ petition which prompted the petitioner for filing of the same is that, on being alured by the scheme/yojana of “Mukhyamantri Krushi Udyog Yojana” (MKUY) published through the Notification of the Government, Department of Agriculture & Farmers’ empowerment to ease of doing Agri-business with simple, transparent, online and time bound implementation of the said Yojana for the larger interest of the agri-entrepreneurs of the State, the petitioner being an agriculturist applied for establishing a layer farming of 30,000 bird capacity in his landed properties in Mouza-Dimiria under Khalikote Police Station in the District
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