IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P. (C) No.31660 of 2022 1. Jyotimadhab Gadanayak 2. Santosh Kumar Mohanty 3. Susama Dehury 4. Sudhangana Mallick 5. Bhabeni Biswal 6. Pratima Behera 7. Biswanath Puhan 8. Nirmala Nayak 9. Saroj Pattnaik 10. Pramila Nayak @ Dei … Petitioners Mr. N. K. Sethi, Advocate -versus- 1. State of Odisha, represented through Secretary, Panchayatraj and water resource 2. The Collector, Cuttack 3. The sub-Collector, Athagarh 4. The Block Devlopement Officer, Baramba 5. Elina Das (Sarapancha) Godapokhari … . Opposite Parties Mr. M. R. Mohanty, AGA Mr. A. K. Panda, Advocate CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 11.02.2026 12. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners and learned counsel for the State. 2. The Petitioners the elected ward members of Gadapokhari G.P. have approached this Court seeking the following relief:- “In view of the submissions made above the petitioners therefore prays that, this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to admit the case, direct the Opp.parties not to sanction /disburse the amount approved in the 4th /14th and 5th /15th Action Plan in favour of the Sarapancha, Gadapokhari under Baramba Block.;” 3. During the pendency of the writ application, it is brought to the notice of this Court by the learned counsel for the State by referring to instruction received from the BDO, Badamba dated 10.02.2026 which is taken on record that the Godapohari G.P. in the meanwhile has been brought under the fold of Badamba NAC as per notification dated 22.12.2025 issued by the Government of Odisha Housing & Urban Development Department. 4. The attention of this Court is drawn to the Paragraph-3 of the notification of the Government of Odisha Housing & Urban Development Department dated 28.01.2015 which reads as under:- “After notification of the NAC the concerned G.Ps. coming within the notified area stand abolished and the tenure of the Sarpanches, Naib-Sarpanches and Ward Members stand terminated with effect from the date of notification of NAC to this effect.” 5. Taking note of the same, this Court is not inclined to entertain this writ application. 6. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. Liberty is given to the Petitioners to ventilate their grievance before the State Authority. (V. NARASINGH) Judge Jina