IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.37267 of 2021 Ashok Kumar Samal …. Petitioner Mr. S. Mallik, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha and Others …. Opposite Parties Mr. C.K. Pradhan, AGA CORAM: JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER 27.01.2026 07. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical) Mode. 2. Copy of the instruction provided to this Court on 15.12.2025, is provided to the learned counsel for the petitioner in Court. 3. Heard learned counsel for the parties. 4. Learned Addl. Govt. Advocate produced the instruction so provided by the Superintendent of Police, State Police Head Quarters, Cuttack vide his letter dated 14.10.2025. The same be kept in record. 5. Basing on the instruction, it is contended that petitioner in the meantime has been extended with the benefit of promotion to the rank of Senior Stenographer p. 2 p. 2 from the date his junior Samir Ranjan Sethi(SC) got the said benefit vide office order dated 27.12.2019. 6. In view of the extension of the benefit so claimed in the Writ Petition, it is the view of this Cour that the prayer made in the Writ Petition has become infructuous. It is open for the petitioner to challenge order dated 03.10.2025, if the petitioner is otherwise aggrieved. 7. With the aforesaid liberty, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. (Biraja Prasanna Satapathy) Judge Basudev