JUDGMENT :

Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. Since these Writ Petitions involve a common question of law, those are being heard and disposed of together. The facts are being delineated with reference to W.P.(C) No.3550 of 2025, which is treated as the leading case.

2. In W.P.(C) No.3550 of 2025, the petitioner seeks a direction from this Court to quash the eviction notices issued in respect of the disputed land and to restrain the authorities from dispossessing him without first extending rehabilitation and resettlement benefits, asserting violation of his constitutional rights under Articles 14 and 21.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

3. The brief facts of the case are as follows:

(i) The petitioner, an elderly person claiming to be landless and economically weak, has approached the High Court under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution challenging notices of eviction issued in respect of land situated at Gopalprasad village, Khata No. 313, Plot No. 1963, Kisama Taila, near Maa Hingula Temple, Talcher area.

(ii) The land in question forms part of the Hingula Open Cast Project of Mahanadi Coalfields Limited and was acquired under the Coal Bearing Areas Acquisition and Development Act through not