IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

Umesh Chandra Behera … Petitioner

Mr. Santanu Kumar Sarangi, Senior Advocate

Mr. Sukanta Kumar Dalai, Advocate

-Versus-

State of Odisha and another … Opposite Parties

Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate

Umesh Chandra Behera … Petitioner

(in W.P.(C) No.23206 of 2025) Mr. Subir Palit, Senior Advocate

Mr. Prafulla Kumar Rath, Senior Advocate

assisted by Mr. Sukanta Kumar Dalai, Advocate

-Versus-

State of Odisha and another … Opposite Parties

Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate

Satyanarayan Agarwal and another … Petitioners

(in W.P.(C) No.25210 of 2025)

Mr. Milan Kanungo, Senior Advocate

assisted by Mr. Soumya Ranjan Mohanty, Advocate

-Versus-

State of Odisha and others … Opposite Parties

Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate

Manas Jena … Petitioner

(in W.P.(C) No.26983 of 2025)

Mr. Sukanta Kumar Dalai, Advocate

-Versus-

State of Odisha and another … Opposite Parties

Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate

Satyanarayan Agarwal … Petitioner

(in W.P.(C) No.27724 of 2025)

Mr. Milan Kanungo, Senior Advocate

assisted by Mr. Soumya Ranjan Mohanty, Advocate

-Versus-

State of Odisha and others … Opposite Parties Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate Minati Singh and others … Petitioners (in W.P.(C) No.28955 of 2025)

Mr. Milan Kanungo, Senior Advocate assisted by Mr. Soumya Ranjan Mohanty, Advocate -Versus-

State of Odisha and others … Opposite Parties Mr. Saswat Das, Additional Government Advocate CORAM:

THE HON’BLE THE CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MURAHARI SRI RAMAN

ORDER

Order No. 06.01.2026

05. 1. In course of hearing of the writ petitions, it appears that the amendment sought to be carried out in the Odisha Panchayat Samiti Accounting Procedure Rules, 2002 has already been published in the Official Gazette on 19^th September, 2025 but the challenge is made in the instant writ petitions to the draft amendment rules.

2. The counsel for the petitioner prays for leave to amend the prayer in view of the aforementioned facts discerned in course of the hearing.

3. Such leave is granted.

4. It is also brought to our notice that several writ petitions involving the common and identical issue are filed and pending before this Court; list thereof has been furnished by Mr. Sukanta Kumar Dalai, learned counsel for the petitioner.

5. Let those matters be also listed along with the instant writ petitions.

6. List these matters on 12^th January, 2026 along with W.P.(C)Nos.34989, 30179 and 43097 of 2025.

(Harish Tandon)

Chief Justice (M.S. Raman)

Judge Aswini Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: ASWINI KUMAR SETHY Designation: Personal Assistant (Secretary-in-charge)

Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK Date: 06-Jan-2026 18:33:29