Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 04-Dec-2025 18:50:39

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.21192 of 2025

along with

CONTC No.3214 of 2025

(In the matters of petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the

Constitution of India, 1950).

(In W.P.(C) No.21192 of 2025)

Bijayketan Sahoo …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

State of Odisha & Ors. …. Opposite Party(s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner (s) : Mr. Pradipta Ku. Mohanty, Sr. Adv.

Along with associates

-versus-

For Opp. Party(s) : Mr. Rajdeep Pradhan, ASC

Ms. Saswati Morarana, Adv.

(In CONTC No.3214 of 2025)

Mahesh Kumar Sahu …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

Arjya Kumar Sarbadaman, Tahasildar, …. Opposite Party(s)

Ranpur, Nayagarh

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner (s) : Ms. Saswati Morarana, Adv

-versus-

For Opp. Party(s) : Mr. Rajdeep Pradhan, ASC

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 04-Dec-2025 18:50:39 CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI DATES OF HEARING:- 06.11.2025 DATE OF JUDGMENT:- 29.11.2025 Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. Since both the writ petition and the contempt petition arise out of the same factual background and involve the same parties, those were heard together.

2. T