Nrusingha Routray v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, W.P.(C) No. 25496 of 2024, disposed of on 20.11.2024 by Chief Justice Chakradhari Sharan Singh and Justice Savitri Ratho. Public interest litigation concerning construction of a Panchayat Office by the Sarpanch at a site different from the selected one. Court declined to adjudicate site suitability through judicial review and directed petitioners to any misconduct grievance to the appropriate forum/authority. No statutes or precedents cited; no monetary amounts involved.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief granted; petitioners left at liberty to approach the appropriate forum/authority if they can make out a case that the construction amounts to misconduct. ¶24