JUDGMENT :

Sanju Panda, J.

1. W.P.(C) No. 2589 of 2015 has been filed by the petitioner challenging the notifications bearing No. 26955/HUD/Elec-19/2014 and No. 27005/HUD/Ele-19/2014 dated 22.12.2014 under Annexures-3 and 4 respectively issued by the State Government in Housing and Urban Development Department publishing notification under Section 4 (a) of Odisha Municipal Act, 1950 including Dhamnagar Grama Panchayat for constitution of Dhamnagar Notified Area Council before completion of full term of five years of the existing Grama Panchayats violating the mandate of Article 243-E of the Constitution of India.

Similarly W.P.(C) No. 9427 of 2015 has been filed by the petitioner challenging the action of the Collector, Bhadrak in not sanctioning the benefits to which the petitioner is entitled under different schemes like IAY, BPGY, MGNREGA, GGY, C.C. Road, TFC etc.

As in both the Writ Petitions the parties are same and the questions involved are interlinked to each other, both the matters are taken up for hearing together and are disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The brief facts of the case are that the petitioner was elected as Sarpanch of Dhamnagar Grama Panchayat in the year