In an unprecedented move, at least 15 members of the 25-member Bar Council of Odisha on Tuesday moved a no-confidence motion against the council’s chairman Manas Ranjan Mohapatra and its representative to Bar Council of India (BCI) Devi Prasad Dhal. In a notice issued to Mohapatra, a copy of which was also sent to the State’s Advocate General (AG), the disgruntled members have pointed out that the council has lost confidence on its chairman and the BCI representative. Asking both Mohapatra and Dhal to resign from their posts forthwith and pave way for elections to find their replacements, the members have urged both Mohapatra and Dhal to treat the notice as a no-trust motion against them. They have alleged that the chairman and the BCI representative, who were elected unopposed two years ago, have made the council totally defunct.