Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No. 9318 of 2023 Sourjya Ranjan Parija ..... Petitioner Mr. T. Rath, Advocate -versus- Aravind Agrawal, Commnr. Cum SECY., Higher Education Dept. & Anr. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. A. Tripathy, AGA CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 10.02.2026 Order No.05 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Pension Payment Order and the authorization issued by the Accountant General for release of the gratuity amount of the Petitioner so filed in Court be kept in record. 3. Heard learned counsel appearing for the Parties. 4. The present Contempt Petition has been filed seeking compliance of order dtd.27.04.2023 so passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 16887 of 2020. This Court vide order dtd.27.04.2023 while disposing the writ petition, directed Opp. Party No. 1 to comply the order passed by the Tribunal on 26.02.2018 in O.A. No. 1027(C) of 2005. The said order of the Tribunal reads as follows:- “Accordingly, the O.A. is allowed with a direction to respondent No. 1 to treat the applicant as a government employee and his service be regularized within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and be granted all consequential including retiral benefits as due and admissible.” 5. Learned Addl. Govt. Advocate basing on the compliance affidavit and the further documents filed in Court contended that pursuant to Page 2 of 2. order passed by the Tribunal and further order passed by this Court on 27.04.2023, services of the Petitioner after being regularized, he was sanctioned with the increment and his pay was also revised vide order issued under Annexure-A/2 series to the compliance affidavit filed by Opp. Party No. 2. 5.1. It is also contended that vide office order dtd.19.12.2024, unutilized leave salary was also sanctioned in favour of the Petitioner. Not only that pension has already been sanctioned in favour of the Petitioner vide PPO No. P0725BBSEDU707212. Not only that gratuity amount of Rs.15,00,000/- has also been released vide sanction order dtd.21.07.2025. 6. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner however contended that all the benefits in terms of the order passed by the Tribunal, has not yet been extended. 7. Since in terms of the order passed by the Tribunal and further order passed by this Court, after regularization of the services of the Petitioner, Petitioner has been extended with the benefit of gratuity, final pension and has been paid with the unutilized leave salary, it is the view of this Court that the order in question has been complied with in full. 8. The Contempt Petition accordingly stands disposed of. It is however open for the Petitioner to make appropriate application before the competent authority, if he has got any further claim. (BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Judge Sneha