Odisha Govt Accepts State Law Commission Recommendation, to Repeal 215 Appropriation Acts

Bhubaneswar: In a significant move, the Odisha government today decided to repeal as many as 215 Appropriation Acts enacted during the years 1950 to 2011.

The State Law Commission of Odisha vide its Report dated 24.09.2020, inter alia, have recommended to repeal these 214 Appropriation Acts on the ground that these laws have become either irrelevant or inoperative and thus, this exercise would serve the purpose of cleansing the Statue Book while also contributing to ‘Good Governance’.

On further examination, one more Appropriation Act of the year 1972 was identified for repeal and thus, the total number of Appropriation Acts proposed to be repealed comes to 215.

Accordingly, it has been decided to accept the recommendation of the State Law Commission of Odisha and take steps for enactment of the Odisha Appropriation Act (Repeal) Act, 2020 which will repeal 215 numbers of Appropriation Acts.