IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.685 of 2025 Purna Majhi …. Petitioner Mr. S.K. Parichha, Advocate -versus Alok Kar, Director (R & R) & Ex-

Officio, Additional Secretary to Govt., Department of Water Resources, Odisha, Bhubaneswar and another …. Contemnors/

Opp. Parties Mr. Jateswar Nayak, Addl. Govt. Advocate CORAM:

HON’BLE MR.

JUSTICE S.K. SAHOO MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH HON’BLE

ORDER

Orde r No.

09.12.2025

01. This matter is taken up through Hybrid arrangement (video conferencing/physical mode).

This contempt petition has been filed by the petitioner Purna Majhi for non-compliance of the order dated 03.09.2024 passed by this Court in Signature Not Verified Digitaly Signed W.P.(C) No.20189 of 2024. The operative portion of Signed by: SIPUN BEHERA Designation: Senior Stenographer Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA, CUTTACK the order dated 03.09.2024 reads as under:

Date: 09-Dec-2025 16:02:07 “Abstaining from expressing any opinion on the prayer made, we dispose of the writ petition directing the opp. party no.5, the Special Land Acquisition Officer -cum- R.R.O., Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, Nuapada to re-consider the prayer of the petitioner taking into account the list which has been furnished before this Court vide Annexure-6 and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order by the petitioner and communicate the order to the petitioner within two weeks from passing of such order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any opinion relating to the entitlement of the petitioner to get the benefits of the Policy, 2006.”

Learned counsel for the petitioner drew the attention of this Court to paragraph no.3 of the contempt petition, wherein it is stated that the petitioner filed an application before the contemnor/opp. party no.2 on 15.09.2024 annexing the certified copy of the order dated 03.09.2024 as well as before the Special Land Acquisition Officer, which has been received by the authorities concerned on 15.09.2024. Due to non-compliance of the said order dated 03.09.2024 within the stipulated time period, the petitioner has filed another application/reminder before the contemnor/opp. party no.2 on 19.11.2024 for reconsidering his prayer.

It is the contention of the learned counsel for the petitioner that in spite of such applications/reminders filed, the contemnors/opp. parties have not taken any steps for compliance of the order dated 03.09.2024.

Learned counsel for the State seeks some time to obtain instruction in the matter.

List this matter on 23.12.2025.

Instruction be obtained in the meantime.

A free copy of the order be handed over to the learned counsel for the State.

( S.K. Sahoo)

(Chittaranjan Dash)

9^th December 2025 Sipun