IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) NO. 12747 OF 2004

In the matter of an application under Articles 226 & 227 of the

Constitution of India.

Basudev Agarwal (dead) represented …. Petitioner

through LRs

-Versus-

State of Odisha & Others …. Opp. Parties

Advocates appeared in this case:

For Petitioner : Mr. Budhadev Routray, Sr. Advocate with

M/s S. Routray, S. Sekhar, J. Biswal, S.

Swain & S. Dash, Advocates

Mr. Prafulla Kumar Rath, Sr. Advocate with M/s S. Rath, A. Behera, S.K. Behera, S. Das, S. Mohapatra, S. Chandan, I.P.

Bose & A. Biswal, Advocates

M/s. A.V. Bhat, A.R. Bharadwaj and

(Ms) M. Routray, Advocates

For Opp. Parties : Mr. U.C. Behura,

Addl. Government Advocate

with

Mr. J.K. Khandayatray, Addl. Standing Counsel

CORAM:

THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD

J U D G M E N T

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Date of hearing & judgment : 18.11.2025 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

PER DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD,J Essentially, Petitioner (now dead by LRs), seeks an order to OPs to allot encroached land that adjoins the land allotted to him in a normative way. Incidentally, he a