Orissa High Court Declares Holiday for District Courts On Polling Days

Cuttack: The Orissa High Court has declared holidays for district courts on all four days of simultaneous elections in the state. A notification issued by the High Court states that all district courts and their offices will remain closed on the election days of their respective Parliamentary and Assembly constituencies.

“The High Court of Orissa is pleased to declare holiday for the district courts and their offices located within the Parliamentary and Assembly constituency on the respective date of polling on account of elections to Lok Sabha and Legislative Assembly, 2024,” the notification read.

According to the schedule released by the Election Commission of India (ECI), polling for the 147-member Assembly and 21 Lok Sabha constituencies in Odisha will be conducted in four phases on May 13, 20, 25, and June 1.

In the first phase, polling will take place in Kalahandi, Nabarangpur, Berhampur, and Koraput Lok Sabha constituencies, along with the corresponding Assembly segments. Bargarh, Sundargarh, Balangir, Kandhamal, and Aska Lok Sabha seats will go to polling in the second phase.

The third phase will see voters exercising their franchise in Sambalpur, Keonjhar, Dhenkanal, Cuttack, Puri, and Bhubaneswar Lok Sabha seats. Mayurbhanj, Balasore, Bhadrak, Jajpur, Kendrapada, and Jagatsinghpur Lok Sabha constituencies will go to polls in the fourth and final phase of elections in Odisha.