Land records for about 29 acres in Sankarpur Mouza under Puri Tehsil will be corrected in the name of Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu, Puri, following an order by Odisha’s commissioner of consolidation. The land, located adjacent to Omkareshwar Temple, is estimated to be worth more than Rs 600 crore at current market rates.
The order was passed on October 30, 2026, and directs that the records be corrected through the Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee. The decision concerns the formal recording of ownership in the name of the deity and comes after inconsistencies appeared in the land-record history of the property.
According to the report, the land was originally registered in Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu’s name during the 1962-63 settlement after it was donated by the then Mahant for the deity. Settlement records published in 1977 also reflected Mahaprabhu’s ownership through the Uttar Parshwa Math Endowment Trust Board, Puri.
The subsequent consolidation land register initially recorded the property in the deity’s name as well. The commissioner’s direction now requires the relevant records for the 29-acre parcel in Sankarpur to be corrected in favour of Shri Jagannath Mahaprabhu through the temple’s managing committee.
The case highlights the administrative importance of settlement and consolidation records in determining how institutional and endowment land is identified. In this instance, the property’s record history includes entries from the 1962-63 settlement, the 1977 publication and the later consolidation register. The correction order addresses the records for land that the report identifies as being adjacent to Omkareshwar Temple.
The estimated market value of more than Rs 600 crore makes the correction significant beyond the administrative change itself. However, the supplied report does not provide details of any current development proposal, dispute over possession, compensation issue or construction activity involving the land.
The order places the record correction process with the relevant land administration and the Shri Jagannath Temple Managing Committee. Further procedural details, including the timeline for updating the records and the specific entries to be amended, were not provided in the report.
