Jyotimadhaba Gadanayak v. State of Odisha
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Orissa High Court, W.P. (C) No.68 of 2026 (V. Narasingh, J., order dated 11.02.2026): eight elected ward members of Godapokhari G.P. sought quashing of Notice dated 16.12.2025 (Annexure-3) issued in proceedings against the Collector, Cuttack and BDO, Badamba under the Gram Panchayat Act, with a prayer to restrain sanction of amounts; during hearing the State produced the BDO's instruction dated 10.02.2026 that the G.P. had been brought under Badamba NAC by notification dated 22.12.2025; relying on Para-3 of the Housing & Urban Development Department notification dated 28.01.2015 (abolition of G.Ps. in a notified area and termination of ward members' tenure), the Court held the lis no longer entertainable and disposed of the writ petition, granting liberty to raise any grievance of misutilization of Government funds before the Government in the Panchayat Raj and Drinking Water Department.