Authority: High Court of Orissa at Cuttack

Order Date: 24 June 2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioner: Diocese of Sambalpur, Church of North India, Mission Compound, Bolangir, represented by Secretary Soumya Ranjan Bag, counsel Mr. T. Nanda.
  • Respondent: State of Odisha, represented by the Principal Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, counsel Mr. G. Tripathy, AGA.
  • The petition sought relief against a notice of eviction issued by the Tahasildar on 18 June 2026 while a revision application (OPLE) was pending.
  • The court considered the submission that the eviction notice had been served during the pendency of the revision.

Order

  • The writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage.
  • The Collector, Bolangir (Office of the Collector No.2) is directed to dispose of the revision application within two months from receipt of a certified copy of this order together with a copy of the writ petition.
  • Until the Collector decides on the revision, no eviction shall be effected on the subject land as per the notice annexed to the order.
  • An urgent copy of the order is to be circulated on the same day.

Final Outcome

  • The eviction notice is stayed pending the Collector’s decision on the revision, and the writ petition is dismissed without further relief.

Topics: Eviction Stay, Land Revision, Judicial Order