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ABAGRAHI JHANKAR Reason: Authentication

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 03-Dec-2025 17:58:11

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No. 29897 of 2025

(In the matter of a petition under Articles 226 and 227 of the

Constitution of India, 1950).

Jindal Steel Limited, New Delhi …. Petitioner (s)

-versus-

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

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner (s) : Mr.Gopal Jain, Sr. Adv.

Along with

Mr. S.S. Mohanty, Adv.

For Opposite Party (s) : Mr. Debasish Nayak, AGA

Mr. Lalitendu Mishra, Adv.

(for intervenor)

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI

DATE OF HEARING:-10.11.2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT:-29.11.2025

Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. In the present Writ Petition, the Petitioner assails the legality of the

impugned order dated 19.10.2025 passed by the Opposite Party No.3, the Divisional Forest Officer, Keonjhar, whereby the working permission earlier granted in favour of the Petitioner in respect of 51.99 hectares of diverted forest land forming an integral part of the Roida-I Iron and Manganese Mine has been revoked. The Petitioner contends that the said revocation is arbitrary, unsustainable in l