Bhubaneswar: The state government is all set to knock doors of the Supreme Court challenging Andhra Pradesh government’s announcement to conduct panchayat election in three villages of Kotia gram panchayat in Koraput district February 13 and 17.
Law department deputy secretary Bhagaban Nayak Tuesday directed Advocate on Record (AOR) Sibo Sankar Mishra to file a writ petition before the apex court challenging the notification of State Election Commission, Andhra Pradesh to hold panchayat elections in three villages of Kotia GP which are under the territorial jurisdiction of Odisha.
Mishra is the AOR Supreme Court lawyer empanelled by the state government to appear for it in the court. The Revenue and Disaster Management department has been asked to provide Mishra all the relevant documents for filing the petition.
A case of border dispute between the two states over Kotia cluster of villages is sub-judice in SC Supreme Court.