IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 21150 of 2025 Umakanta Swain and others …. Petitioners Mr. Suresh Kumar Panda, Advocate -versus-

State of Odisha and others …. Opposite Parties Mr. Debashis Tripathy, Additional Government Advocate CORAM:

HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND HON’BLE MR JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

ORDER

Order No. 27.01.2026

02. 1. Despite the letter dated 14^th October, 2024 issued to the Collector-cum-District Magistrate, Jajpur, the petitioners perceiving no action having taken thereupon, have filed the instant writ petition in the nature of Public Interest Litigation (PIL). The petitioners raise an issue on indiscriminate encroachment made by several peoples over Kissam “Gochar” and “Jungle” lands situated at Mouza-

Ranapur, P.S.- Korai, Tahasil- Vyasanagar in the district of Jajpur.

2. The petitioners have alleged that such nature of land, which is actually belonging to the Government, has been allowed to be encroached upon by several squatters and no action has yet been taken by the Government leading to an inescapable impression that the Government has given a tacit permission to occupy the same. It is further stated that such land, earmarked for particular