IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.32360 of 2025 Niranjan Mohanty and others …. Petitioners Represented by Adv.–

Mr. Subhransu Bhusan Mohanty, Advocate -Versus-

State of Odisha and Others …. Opposite Parties Represented by Adv.–

Ms. A. Dash, Addl. Standing Counsel (State)

CORAM:

HON’ BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

ORDER

Order No. 02.12.2025

01. 1. The issue which was already set at rest after compliance of the statutory provisions is sought to be resurrected at the behest of the interested persons, who intended to settle their score by raising an objection to construct and run an IMFL OFF shop at the site approved by the competent authority.

2. Undeniably, the license holder applied for shifting of the IMFL OFF Shop from the existing site to a proposed site, which was processed under the provisions of the Odisha Excise Rules, 2017. After the approval was granted and the steps having taken to shift the IMFL OFF shop to a proposed site, the objections were raised from various persons including the petitioners that the said IMFL OFF Shop license should not be granted at the proposed site as it falls within the distance norms as provided. The s