Basantilata Panigrahi v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
MPAY(G) Scheme housing eligibility — High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; WP(C) No. 17389 of 2024; Basantilata Panigrahi v. State of Odisha & Others; decided 25.06.2025 by Justice Sashikanta Mishra; writ application dismissed. Joint inquiry reported via BDO, Jajpur found petitioner residing in a two-room concrete house and ineligible under MPAY(G); petitioner's counsel conceded the inquiry findings. Relevant to: rural housing scheme eligibility disputes, MPAY(G), Jajpur district, inquiry-report-based dismissals, concessions by petitioner's counsel.
What did the court decide?
Acting on the joint inquiry findings (which counsel for the Petitioner conceded he had no means to dispute), the Court accepted that the Petitioner, who has a two-room concrete house building in which she presently resides, is not eligible for a house under the MPAY(G) Scheme.