p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.28442 of 2024 Balasore Mahila College, Balasore …. Petitioner Mr. R. Singh, Advocate -versus- Regional Director, Eemployees State Insurance Corporation, Bhubaneswar and another …. Opp. Parties Mr. Amarendra Prasad Ray, Standing Counsel along with Mr. N.D. Tripathy, Advocate (for O.P. No.1) Mr. S.N. Nayak, ASC (for O.P. No.2) CORAM: JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO Order No. ORDER 20.07.2026 (Hybrid Mode) I.A. No.13297 of 2026 & W.P. (C) No.28442 of 2024 03. 1. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner as well as learned Standing Counsel for opposite party no.1 and learned Additional Standing Counsel for opposite party no.2. 2. The petitioner refers to the Annexure-9 that has been annexed to I.A. No.13297 of 2026 and submits that the petitioner seeks to avail opportunity of Amnesty as per Amnesty Scheme, 2025 introduced by p. 2 the opposite party no.1-authority circulated by office letter dated 24.07.2025 to All Additional Commissioners/Regional Directors/SRO etc. issued by the Joint Director (Revenue), Employees’ State Insurance Corporation (Ministry of Labour & Employment, Government of India), Panchdeep Bhawan, New Delhi. 3. 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. 4. 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. 5. The I.A. is favoured and disposed of. The parties shall work on the Amnesty Scheme 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. p. 3 7. The writ petition is disposed of with the observations as made above. (Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo) Judge jyotsna