BIBHUTI BHUSAN RAY vs State of Odisha

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2026 Supreme(Ori) 726

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
SASHIKANTA MISHRA, BIBHUTI BHUSAN RAY
BIBHUTI BHUSAN RAY – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellant : Sradha Das
For the Respondent: A.R. Dash

Table of Content
1. challenge to mutation order. (Para 1)
2. concern over repeated court appeals. (Para 2)
3. historical context of the land's legal status. (Para 3 , 4 , 9)
4. state's lack of counter and appearance. (Para 5 , 6)
5. jurisdictional challenge to tahasildar's order. (Para 7 , 8)
6. court directive for land recording. (Para 10 , 11)
7. multiple authoritative decisions supporting the petitioner. (Para 12)
8. authority limitations in mutation proceedings. (Para 13 , 15 , 16)
9. impugned order found to be illegal. (Para 14 , 17)
10. order to record land in favour of petitioner. (Para 18)

JUDGMENT :

SASHIKANTA MISHRA, J.

1. The petitioner seeks to challenge the order dated 11.04.2025 passed by the Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar in Mutation Case No.29182 of 2022, whereby the prayer of the petitioner to record the land in question in his favour was disallowed.

2. Before adverting to the facts of the case, it would be apt to mention that this is the seventh approach of the petitioner to this Court seeking more or less the same relief. That a citizen of this country has had to repeatedly knock the doors of this Court is by itself a matter of concern.

3. The land in question was settled in favour of

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