Dismissed¶¶16
Pawan Kumar Mahanta @ Pawan Kumar Mahato v. State of Odisha
Orissa HCWP(C)/3184/2026
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
Orissa High Court at Cuttack; WP(C) No.3184 of 2026; petitioner Pawan Kumar Mahanta @ Pawan Kumar Mahato; respondent State of Odisha through Principal Secretary, Revenue & Disaster Management Department; counsel for State: Mr. U.R. Jena, AGA; no counsel present for petitioner; single-judge bench of Justice B. P. Routray; order dated 7.5.2026 dismissing the writ petition for non-prosecution owing to repeated non-appearance on call; no statutory provisions or precedents cited; no relief or amount awarded.
What did the court decide?
The writ petition is dismissed for non-prosecution, as no one appeared on call for the petitioner on the date of the order and no one had appeared on the last occasion either. ¶¶16