Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 20-Nov-2025 13:50:39

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.10769 of 2025

along with

W.P.(C) Nos.21352, 21545, 27669, 28037, 28259 and 28261 of 2024

(In the matters of petitions under Articles 226 and 227 of the

Constitution of India, 1950). In W.P.(C) No.10769 of 2025

Subhadra Sahoo and Ors. …. Petitioner(s)

-versus-

State of Odisha and Ors. …. Opposite Party (s)

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Petitioner(s) : Mr. S.D. Das, Sr. Adv.

Along with

Mr. Madan Mohan Swain, Adv.

Mr. Haripad Mohanty, Adv.

For Opposite Party (s) : Ms. Gayatri Patra, ASC

Mr. Rakesh Behera, Adv.

(for O.P.6) CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI

DATE OF HEARING:-29.10.2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT:-14.11.2025

Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. Since common questions of fact and law are involved in the above-

mentioned Writ Petitions, those were heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment. However, this Court deems it

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 20-Nov-2025 13:50:39 appropriate to treat W.P.(C) No.10769 of 2025 as the lead case for the purpose of adjudication of all these cases.

2. In W.P.(C) No.10769 of 2025, the Petitioners seek a dir