Santosini @ Parbati Nanda v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; WP(C) No.11130 of 2023; Santosini @ Parbati Nanda (petitioner) vs State of Odisha, Sub-collector Bargarh, Tahasildar Bargarh, Deepak Kumar Banka, Kamal Kumar Banka (opposite parties); State represented by Ms. J. Sahoo, Additional Standing Counsel; decided 07.11.2025 by Justice Ananda Chandra Behera; writ petition dismissed for non-prosecution due to repeated non-appearance of petitioner and counsel (absent on 20.08.2025, 16.09.2025 and on the hearing date); no statutes cited, no precedents discussed, no monetary relief.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition was dismissed for non-prosecution: neither the petitioner nor her learned counsel appeared on the date of hearing, and they had also been absent on the previous dates of 20.08.2025 and 16.09.2025, showing she was not interested in pursuing the writ petition further.