Orissa High Court
Khetrabasi Sethi vs The State Of Odisha And on 11 February, 2021
Author: S.Pujahari
Bench: S.Pujahari
CORAM : HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE S.PUJAHARI
W.P.(C) No.2466 of 2021
Khetrabasi Sethi ... Petitioner
- Versus -
The State of Odisha and
others ... Opp. Parties
ORDER
05. 11.02.2021 In the wake of the pandemic Covid-19, the case is taken up through V.C. This writ petition has been filed by the Petitioner seeking a direction to the Opposite Parties not to disturb the peaceful possession and enjoyment the land possessed by the Petitioner and not to change the nature and character of the said land by proceeding with the construction of Septage Treatment Plant therein, as the same is the stitiban land of the Petitioner.
It is the case of the Petitioner that the Opposite Parties have proceeded in establishment of a Garbage Dumping Yard/Septage Treatment Plant/Micro Composting Centre over the stitiban land of the Petitioner measuring an area of Ac.0.08 decimals out of total area of Ac.1.62 decimals appertaining to Hal Record of Right (R.O.R.) No.45, Hal Plot No.110 which corresponds to Sabik Khata No.23 and Sabik Plot No.29/384 of Mouza-Madhipur, P.S.-Gop in the district of Puri in a illegal and arbitrary manner.
2The aforesaid land originally recorded in the name of Ghana Gochhayat, S/o. Panchu Gochhayat and others. The said Ghana Gochhayat being a scheduled caste person, sold the said land to the father and brother of the present Petitioner, namely, Gandharb Sethi and Prafulla Kumar Sethi vide Registered Sale Deed No.204 dated 03.03.1992. The said Gandharb Sethi and Prafulla Kumar Sethi were in peaceful possession of the said land from the date of their purchase and paying the rent and after death of his father, the Petitioner is in peaceful possession of the said land having his right, title and interest. While the matter stood thus, the Opposite Party No.5-the Executive Officer, Konark NAC in an illegal and arbitrary manner remove the trees, concrete pillars and barbed wires boundary fence from the said land and put a sign board therein for construction of a Garbage Dumping Yard/Septage Treatment Plant/Micro Composting on the said land. Since such action of the Opposite Party No.5-the Executive Officer, Konark NAC is illegal and arbitrary inasmuch the Konark NAC has no legal right to interfere on such stitiban property of the Petitioner, the Petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking the relief as aforesaid.
It appears that a counter affidavit has been filed by the Opposite Party No.5-the Executive Officer, Konark NAC denying the fact that any damage was caused to the property of the Petitioner or the land as mentioned by the Petitioner to be his stitiban land has been encroached by Konark NAC for construction of the Septage Treatment Plant.
3I have heard the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner, learned counsel appearing for the Opposite Party No.5-the Executive Officer, Konark NAC and perused the averments taken in the petition so also counter affidavit filed.
Since there is denial by the Konark NAC that the Petitioner's land is being encroached and any damaged caused to the property of the Petitioner and they have come out with a specific averment that no construction is made in the land of the Petitioner, which is disputed by the Petitioner, this Court disposes of this writ petition with a direction to the Opposite Party No.5-the Executive Officer, Konark NAC not to interfere with the possession of the Petitioner in the aforesaid land without adhering to the due process of law, so also if any damage has been caused to the property of the Petitioner, the Petitioner may ventilate his grievance before the appropriate forum for compensation.
The parties may utilize the copy of this order as per the High Court's Notice No.4587 dated 25.03.2020.
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S.Pujahari, J.
DA