p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.25035 of 2022 M/s Power Planners and Engineers (P) Ltd. Angul …. Petitioner Ms. Soma Patnaik, Advocate -versus- Employees’ State Insurance Corporation, New Delhi and others …. Opp. Parties Mr. Amarendra Prasad Ray, Advocate CORAM: JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO Order No. ORDER 25.03.2026 (Hybrid Mode) W.P.(C) No.25035 of 2022 & I.A. No.4827 of 2026 05. 1. The matter being in the list is mentioned by Ms. Patnaik, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Ray, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. I.A. No.4827 of 2026 has been filed for granting leave to the parties to avail the benefit of the ‘Amnesty Scheme 2025’ promulgated by the opposite parties during pendency of the writ application. 3. Annexed to the I.A. are letters dated 24.07.2025 issued by the Employees State Insurance Corporation (ESIC), Headquarters, New Delhi issued to all Regional Directors of ESI Corporation and dated 14.10.2025 p. 2 issued by the Regional Director, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. Office letter dated 14.10.2025 issued to the petitioner by the Regional Director, Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (Ministry of Labour & Employment, Govt. of India), Regional Office, Odisha, Bhubaneswar. The said letter is scanned and reproduced herein: p. 3 4. The learned counsel for the opposite parties endorses the submissions made in the I.A. and made at the bar by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 5. In view of the above developments, it is expected that the parties shall work out amicable settlement as per the Amnesty Scheme acceptable to both the parties and this Court in no uncertain terms encourages such settlement in view of the Amnesty Scheme dated 14.10.2025. 6. The I.A. is favoured and disposed of. The parties shall work on the Amnesty Scheme dated 01.12.2025 and arrive at a settlement. 7. It is further clarified that contentions raised in the writ application shall not be bar in any manner whatsoever for the parties to work out amicable settlement in terms of the ‘Amnesty Scheme’. Interim order, if any, passed earlier by this Court shall merge with the order passed today. Any order passed earlier shall not in any manner come in the way of the parties to arrive at a settlement. 8. The writ petition is disposed of with the observations as made above. (Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo) Judge Rajesh