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Basanti Nayak v. State of Odisha

Orissa HC24 Oct 2016WP(C)/14176/2016

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Petitioner sought to prevent village Jamalpur from being brought under Durgadasur G.P. upon bifurcation of Mangalpur G.P. Court suspended effect of order expelling village and directed administrative department to consider grievance.

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Effect of Notification dated 04.07.2016 excluding Jamalpur from Mangalpur Grama Panchayat stayed until administrative decision.

The petitioner is a villager of village Jamalpur, which was situated under Mangalpur Grama Panchayat in the district of Puri. On bifurcation of the aforesaid Mangalpur Grama Panc hayat, a new Grama Panchayat named Durgadaspur was created and the petitioners village Jamalpu r was brought under the jurisdiction of Durgadaspur G.P. The petitioner, on the ground of pro ximity and administrative convenience, wants that his village Jamalpur should continue to rema in under the jurisdiction of Mangalpur G.P.

Taking into consideration the limited grievance of the petitioner and without going into merit of the case, this writ petition is disposed of with the direction that the petitio ner shall file a detailed representation along with the certified copy of this order and a cop y of the writ petition containing all the Annexures before the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to t he Govt. in Panchayati Raj Department within 15 (fifteen) days from today.

Learned Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department is directed to conside r the grievance of the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt of the certified copy of this order. The petitioner and other concerned parties may be given opportunity of he aring in the matter, and a reasoned order in consonance with the guidelines of the Government be passed by the learned Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Panchayati Raj Department.

Till a decision is taken by the Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Panchayati Raj Departmen t on the representation of the petitioner, the Notification dated 04.07.2016 vide Annexure-3 s hall not be given effect to, so far as exclusion of village Jamalpur from Mangalpur Grama Panc hayat is concerned.

Basanti Nayak v. State of Odisha

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