JUDGMENT

Rajesh Bindal, J.

1. The order dated October 30, 2009 passed by the Orissa High Court in Writ Appeal No. 108/2009 is under challenge in the present appeal. Vide aforesaid order, the order passed by the Single Judge in W.P.(C) No. 9069 of 2008 dated 21.11.2008, was reversed.

FACTS

2. Briefly the facts of the case available on record are that a writ petition was filed by Laxmi Narayan Das (dead) through LRs, Satynarayan Das, Birenchi Narayan Das (respondents herein) on 27.6.2008 challenging the order passed by the Settlement Officer in Settlement Appeal No. 537/90 dated 01.03.1990. The writ petition was filed more than 18 years after the impugned order was passed. The grievance raised was that the objections filed by the writ petitioners during the course of settlement were not considered by the authority concerned and the land was recorded in the name of General Administration Department (GAD). Liberty was granted to the writ petitioners to file representation to the GAD. The grievance was that the representation was filed, however, the same has not been decided. The stand