India, July 10 -- The court of the Member, Board of Revenue, has delivered a landmark judgment in connection with a dispute over Puri Jagannath temple land under Jatni Tahsil in Odisha's Khurda district.

In his judgement, Satyabrata Sahu, Member, Board of Revenue, directed the Jatni Tahasildar to correct the current Record of Rights (RoR) of the disputed land by recording it in the name of 'Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu Bije, Puri', represented through the Shree Jagannath Temple Managing Committee.

The case pertains to a patch of land situated in Kudiyari Mouza under Jatni Tahasil in Khurda. The authorities of Puri Jagannath temple had contended that the long-term lease granted in 1951 for establishment of an industrial unit was not legal...