Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack Date: 25-Mar-2026 16:41:41 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.34871 of 2025 (In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of the Constitution of India)

Sadhu Nayak@Banjara …. Petitioner -versus-

Spl. Land Acquisition Officer, …. Opposite Party Lower Indra Irrigation Project, Khariar, Dist.-Nuapada Advocate(s) appeared in this case:-

For Petitioner : Mr. K.C. Dash, Advocate For Opposite Party : Mr. T.K. Dash, A.G.A.

CORAM: JUSTICE B.P. ROUTRAY

JUDGMENT

16^th March 2026 B.P. Routray, J.

1. Heard Mr. K.C Dash, learned Advocate for the Petitioner and Mr. T.K Dash, learned Additional Government Advocate for State-

Opposite Party.

2. The Petitioner is the land looser, whose land measuring Ac.1.30 decimals has been acquired by the Special Land Acquisition Officer, Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack Date: 25-Mar-2026 16:41:41 Lower Indravati Irrigation Project. Dissatisfied with the amount of land acquisition compensation, he raised reference under Section 18 of the Land Acquisition Act, 1894 (in short, “the Act”). The same was registered as LAR Case No.189 of 2010 before the learned Civil Judge (Senior Division), Nuapada. Du