ANANDA BEHERA Vs. STATE OF ORISSA

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This judgment will also govern Petitions Nos. 287, 288, 289 and 304 of 1955.We will set out the facts in petition No. 286 of 1955. The others follow the same pattern.

(2.) The dispute is about fishery rights in the Chilka lake which is situated in what was once the estate of the Raja of Parikud. This estate vested in the State of Orissa under the Orissa Estates Abolition Act, 1951 (Orissa Act 1 of 1952) on 24-9-1953 and has now ceased to exist in its original from. The Act came into force on 9-2-1952.

(3.) The further facts are set out in paras 2 and 3 of the petition in the following terms: