In this writ petition, it has been alleged that the starvation deaths of the inhabitants of the districts of Koraput and Kalahandi are due to utter negligence and callousness of the adminis tration and the Government of Orissa.
1081 of 1987 has been filed by the Indian Peoples Front.
Rath, Advocate General, Orissa, R.K. Mehta, Inderjit Roy, Ms. Mona Mehta, K.R. Nagaraja, and Ms. Madhu Moolchan dani for the Respondents.
The State of Orissa filed two statements one dated October 20, 1986 companysisting of 160 pages and the other dated December 1, 1986 companysisting of 181 pages.
The Government of Orissa has been accused of utter failure to protect the lives of the people of the two districts.
It is alleged that the starvation deaths, drought diseases and famine have been the companytinuing phenomena in the said two districts since 1985.
ORIGINAL JURISDICTION Writ Petition Civil No.
The Judgment of the Court was delivered by DUTT, J. Writ Petition Civil No.
12847 of 1985 1081 of 1987.
Another writ petition being Writ Petition Civil No.
12847 of 1985 has its origin in a letter written by Shri Kishen Pattnayak and Shri Kapil Narayan Tiwary, two social and political workers, addressed to the Honble the Chief Justice of India.
This writ petition number only relates to the misery of the people of Kalahandi, but also of the people of another district, namely, the district of Koraput.
On receipt of the said letter, this Court directed the same to be treated as a writ petition and it was registered as such.
