The Dristi College of Nursing, Khurda v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Dristi College of Nursing, Khurda v. State of Odisha and others | W.P.(C) No.2120 of 2026 | High Court of Orissa at Cuttack | decision date 09.03.2026 | bench: Manash Ranjan Pathak and Sibo Sankar Mishra, Judges | hybrid-mode order | subject: renewal of NOC for academic session 2025-26 | DMET (O)-cum-Chairman, ONMRC e-mailed letter of 01.12.2025 under Annexure-7 indicated the application period had expired | counsel: Gopal Prasad Jena (petitioner); Debaraj Mohanty, Additional Government Advocate (opposite party No.1); R.C. Mohanty with K.C. Swain and S.S. Sahoo (opposite party Nos.2 & 3) | outcome: writ petition disposed of as withdrawn before any substantive adjudication; no statute or precedent case cited; no monetary quantum involved.
What did the court decide?
Permission to withdraw the writ petition was effected: the petition was disposed of as withdrawn at the instance of counsel for the petitioner, following the indication that the period applicable to the institution's renewal-of-NOC application for academic session 2025-26 had already expired. No substantive adjudication occurred and no other relief was granted.