District Court Building, Ganjam at Berhampur

After the bifurcation of Ganjam & Puri districts on 10th June, 1957, the reorganized Judgeship came to be known as Ganjam. In 1984, Phulbani District was carved out. On 2nd October, 1992, a new District viz Gajapati was constituted and the name of the Judgeship was changed to Ganjam- Gajapati. On 30th July, 2011, when Gajapati District was separated from this Judgeship, it came to be known as Ganjam Judgeship. The headquarters of Ganjam is located in Berhampur. 68 different Courts are functioning in the district with outlying stations at Sanakhemundi, Digapahandi, Chhatrapur, Soroda, Bhanjanagar, Buguda, Kodala, Aska, Patrapur, Purusottampur, Hinjlicut, Seragada, Kabisuryanagar, Polsara, Khallikote, and Jagannathprasad.

The District Court is functioning in an old building at Berhampur which was constructed in 1948 with 8 Courtrooms. It is approximately spread over in land measuring Ac 3.491 Dec. approximately and in 1948, a building with plinth area of 13,275 sq. ft. housing 10 Courtrooms was constructed adjacent to the old building.

The District Court Digitization Hub (DCDH) was inaugurated on 12th December, 2022, and it serves as a hub for Gajapati. In 2023, 2,27,593 Case records with a total of 1,94,42,239 pages were digitised.

A total of 24 different courts in the Judgeship have been inaugurated as paperless Courts in 2023. Ganjam was the first district where all the Courts in its headquarters became paperless.

The Regional Judicial Academy, Ganjam at

Berhampur was inaugurated and made functional w.e.f. 13.05.2023. Regular training is being imparted to the Judicial Officers and ministerial staff posted in the cluster districts of Ganjam, Gajapati, Nayagarh and Kandhamal.

The Virtual Centre of the High Court of Orissa at Berhampur, Ganjam was inaugurated on 3rd February, 2023.

The newly built Court buildings at Seragada and Kabisuryanagar were inaugurated on 01.06.2023. The Court of Civil Judge (Sr. Divn.), Sorada was inaugurated on 10th November, 2023 by Dr. Justice B.R. Sarangi, the then Acting Chief Justice.

Foundation stones for various new Civil Court complexes at Sorada, Purusottampur, Sanakhemundi, and Digapahandi were laid by Dr. Justice B.R. Sarangi, the then Acting Chief Justice.

Shri Ananda Chandra Behera was the District and Sessions Judge till 15th May, 2023. Smt. Rupashree Chowdhury continued thereafter from 16th May, 2023 till the end of the year.

Number of judges in each court