p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.11732 of 2023 M/s. CEF Engineering, Bhubaneswar …. Petitioner Mr. S. Mishra, Advocate -versus- Assistant Director (Revenue), Employees State Insurance Corporation & another …. Opp. Parties Mr. N.D. Tripathy, Advocate along with Mr. A.P. Ray, Standing Counsel CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO Order No. ORDER 14.05.2026 (Hybrid Mode) 13. I.A. No.6435 of 2026 & W.P.(C) No.11732 of 2023 1. The matter being in the list is mentioned by Mr. Mishra, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Tripathy, learned counsel for the opposite parties. 2. I.A. No.6435 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. is letter dated 27.10.2025 issued by the Regional Director, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, p. 2 Office letter dated 27.10.2025 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: 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 p. 3 Amit settlement in view of the Amnesty Scheme dated 27.10.2025. The parties shall work on the Amnesty Scheme dated 27.10.2025 and arrive at a settlement. 6. 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. 7. The writ petition along with all the pending I.As. are disposed of with the observations as made above. (Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo) Judge