Smita Biswal v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; WP(C) No.24277 of 2025; order dated 12.01.2026 by Mr. Justice Ananda Chandra Behera (single judge). 52 petitioners (led by Smita Biswal), represented by Adv. Manoranjan Muduli, against State of Odisha and 3 other opposite parties, represented by Mr. S. Nayak, ASC. Matter taken up in hybrid mode and disposed of finally: petitioners at liberty to file fresh representations before the Chief Secretary to Government of Odisha within 15 days with certified copy of the order; Chief Secretary to dispose of the representations within 3 months positively with hearing liberty, including the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department and the Panchayatraj and Drinking Water Department, and to intimate the result. No statutes, cases, issues, impugned order, or amounts are stated in the text.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of finally with liberty to the petitioners to file fresh representations before the Chief Secretary to Government of Odisha within fifteen days annexing certified copy of the order; Chief Secretary directed to consider and dispose of the representations within three months positively, with liberty of being heard, including the Food Supplies and Consumer Welfare Department and the Panchayatraj and Drinking Water Department, and to intimate the result; urgent certified copy of the order to be granted on proper application.