IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 18801 of 2025 1. Sandhyarani Panda 2. Gobardhan Dwary 3. Padmalaya Mohapatra 4. Laxmikanta Malik …. Petitioners Mr. A. Das, Advocate -versus- 1. State of Odisha represented through its Principal Secretary to Govt., Panchayat Raj and Drinking Water Department, New Secretariat, BBSR, Khurda 2. Director Panchayat Raj and Drinking Water Department, At-Directorate Building, Bhubaneswar, Khurda 3. Collector and District Magistrate, Balasore 4. CDO-cum-Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Balasore …. Opposite Parties Mr. M.R. Mohanty, AGA Mr. A. Mohanty, CGC CORAM: JUSTICE V. NARASINGH Order No. ORDER 21.01.2026 07. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioners, learned Additional Government Advocate for the State and learned CGC for the Union of India. 2. In this Writ Petition Resolution (Addendum) No.6765 dated 11.03.2025 under Annexure-3 and Corrigendum No.8142 dated 25.03.2025 under Annexure-4 are assailed. For convenience of reference the said Resolution (Addendum) and Corrigendum are extracted hereunder; 3. It is apt to note here that assailing the same, the W.P.(C) No.36460 of 2025 is filed and an affidavit has been filed at the behest of Opposite Party Nos.1 and 2 therein through one Mr. Binod Kumar Senapati, Joint Secretary to the Government in Panchayati Raj & Drinking Water Department, Odisha. Such affidavit is on record at Flag-B in W.P.(C) No.36460 of 2025. Paragraph-2 of the said affidavit is extracted hereunder; “2. That it is humbly submitted that during pendency of the writ petition, the resolution (Addendum) No.6765 dated 11.03.2025 under Annexures-3 and Corrigendum No.8142 dated.25.03.2025 under Annexure-4 to the writ petition have been withdrawn and the Resolution dated 28.01.2025 under Annexure-1 has been modified and modification to the Resolution has been issued vide Resolution No.799, dated 07.01.2026 and the same is filed herewith in order to bring the same to the record in compliance of the order dated 12.01.2026 of the Hon'ble Court.” 4. On a bare perusal of the above recitals, it is clear that the impugned Resolution (Addendum) and the Corrigendum has been modified and modification to the regulation has been issued on 07.01.2026. 5. In the light of the same, the Writ Petition has been rendered infructuous and is accordingly disposed of giving liberty to the Petitioner to file a fresh petition, if so advised. (V. Narasingh) Judge Santoshi