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Odisha Human Rights Commission | |
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Formed | 27 January 2000 (Notification: No. 5144/27.8.2000 ) |
Preceding agency | |
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Federal agency | India |
Operations jurisdiction | India |
Size | 155,820 km2 (60,160 sq mi) |
Population | 41,947,358 (2011) |
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Operational structure | |
Headquarters | Bhubaneswar, Odisha |
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Odisha Human Rights commission was constituted on 27 January 2000 via home department notification No. 5144 Dt: 27.8.2000. However, it became formally operational on 11 July 2003 [1] with the appointment of Justice D. P. Mohapatra, a former Chief Justice of the Allahabad High Court and former Judge of the Supreme Court of India[2] joined as its first chairperson of the commission via notification No. 8438 Dt: 24.6.2003. He was supported by Shri S.M. Patnaik, a former Chief Secretary to Government of Orissa via notification No.8441 Dt: 24.6.2003.