JUDGMENT :

Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in the above-mentioned Writ Petitions and the CONTCs, the same were heard together and are disposed of by this common judgment. For the sake of convenience, W.P.(C) No.23059 of 2023 is treated as the leading case.

2. The petitioner in the present Writ Petition assails the legality and propriety of the order dated 12.04.2023 passed in Appeal Case No. 206 of 2021, contending that the same has been passed in disregard of the directions issued by this Court in the earlier writ petitions arising out of the same subject matter.

I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE:

3. Succinctly put, the facts of the case are as follows:

(i) The petitioner and his forefathers have been in occupation of a piece of Government land measuring 95 ft. × 80 ft., appertaining to Plot No. 790 and Plot No. 705 of Mouza Baramunda, over which an asbestos house has been constructed and the remaining portion has been enclosed by fencing.

(ii) Opposite Party No. 3 initiated O.P.P. Case No. 78 of 1986 against the predecessors of the petitioner on the allegation of unauthorised occupation of Government land.

(iii) In response to the notice issued