The district of Kandhamal was constituted on 1st January, 1994 from the former Boudh-Kandhmal District with its headquarters at Phulbani. Since 11th April, 1984, the Judgeship of Phulbani was separated from the combined Judgeship of Ganjam-Boudh, constituting its territorial jurisdiction over three sub-divisions: Phulbani, Boudh & Balliguda, with 7 subordinate Courts. After the separation of Boudh, the Judgeship of Phulbani is presently functioning with 23 different Courts with outlying stations at Balliguda, G. Udayagiri, Daringibadi, Kotagarh, and Tumudibandha. The District Court is functioning in an old building constructed in 1999, having two floors with 9 Courtrooms, of which 2 are in the ground floor and the other 7 are in the first floor. Adjacent to this old building, there exists another Court Building with 2 other Courtrooms having facilities like Video Conferencing (VC) Hall, VC Cabin, and E-Sewa Kendra.
District Judges during the year 2024
Shri Satyapira Mishra
for the entire year
Digitization
Paperless Courts estd. in 2024 : 2
Digitization of records at DCDH, Nayagarh
Work in progress
Construction of New District Court Building, Transit House and Residential quarters for Judicial Officers
Bottom row (left to right): Organization of Blood Donation & Health Camp, Observance of International Yoga Day
