Bhubaneswar, Jan. 11 -- Odisha Chief Minister Naveen Patnaik today wrote to Union Law Minister Ravi Shankar Prasad and reiterated demand for establishment of permanent benches of the Orissa High Court in Western and Southern part of the State.

In his letter, Patnaik requested the Centre to take an early decision regarding establishment of the HC benches in the western and southern Odisha to fulfill the aspiration of people of these regions.

"There is overwhelming public demand for establishment of permanent HC benches in both Western and Southern Odisha and the people of these areas are persistently agitating for the same. The agitations have affected the functioning of courts and other government offices in the regions," wrote Patnaik. ...