ORISSA HIGH COURT : CUTTACK

WP(C) No.23509 of 2025

An application under Articles 226 & 227 of the Constitution of

India. ***

Ashok Kumar Rout

… Petitioner.

-VERSUS- State of Odisha & Others

… Opposite Parties

Counsel appeared for the parties:

For the Petitioner : Mr. Sudhansu Sekhar Jena, Advocate For the Opposite Parties : Mr. S. Nayak, Addl. Standing Counsel.

(State Opp. Parties)

P R E S E N T: HONOURABLE

MR. JUSTICE ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA

Date of Hearing : 18.09.2025 :: Date of Judgment :18.09.2025

JUDGMENT

ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA, J.

1. This writ petition under Article 226 & 227 of the Constitution of India, 1950 has been filed by the petitioner praying for quashing the final order dated 05.02.2024 passed in Mutation Case No.19045 of 2023 by the Addl. Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar (Opp. Party No.3) on the ground that, the said Mutation Case of the petitioner has been rejected on dated 05.02.2024 (Annexure-1) without giving any opportunity of being heard to him (petitioner).

2. Heard from the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Addl. Standing Counsel for the State-Opp. Parties.

3. In order to have a clarity, the impugned order passed by the Addl. Tahasildar, Bhubaneswar (Opp. Party No.3) o