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Implementation of the guest control order will be a respite for the population that suffers in the race to match the rich," Rout contends in her petition. "Due to societal compulsions, the majority of the families is forced to exhaust their savings simply to follow trends set by the well-heeled. CUTTACK: Twenty-five years after former chief minister Biju Patnaik tried to impose a ceiling on marriage expenditure, a social activist has made a similar effort by filing a PIL in the Orissa high court.Acting on the PIL on Monday, the high court sought a reply from the state government in the form of an affidavit on the status of the Orissa Guest Control Order , 1968, which imposes curbs on expenses, guest list and dishes to be served in marriages and other social functions.Irishree Rout of Niali in Cuttack district filed the PIL, seeking the court's direction to the state government to strictly implement the guest control order; it lays down that a maximum of 100 guests can be invited to a function, as well as restricts the number of dishes that can be prepared in weddings and other such events..