IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.A. Nos. 2788, 2790, 2851, 2862, 2865, 2867, 2872, 2875, 3025, 3027, 3030, 3118, 3119, 3122, 3123, 3213 of 2024 and W.A. Nos. 158, 278 & 1104 of 2025 State of Odisha and another (In all) …. Appellant Mr. S. B. Mohanty, AGA -versus- Kishore Kumar Sahu & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2788 of 2024) Priyabrata Mishra & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2790 of 2024) Chudamani Debta & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2851 of 2024) Pareswar Parida & Anr. (In W.A. No. 2862 of 2024) Paramananda Barik & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2865 of 2024) Priyadarsini Ota & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2867 of 2024) Bibekananda Adhikary & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2872 of 2024) Soumya Ranjan Nayak & Ors. (In W.A. No. 2875 of 2024) Rajat Kumar Samal & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3025 of 2024) Himansu Bhusan Patra & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3027 of 2024) Mrutyunjay Mohanta & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3030 of 2024) Bikash Chandra Khora & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3118 of 2024) Sudhir Kumar Panigrahi & Anr. (In W.A. No. 3119 of 2024) Manju Naik & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3122 of 2024) Dusmanta Sahu (In W.A. No. 3123 of 2024) Susanta Kumar Mohanta & Ors. (In W.A. No. 3213 of 2024) Dibakar Mohapatra (In W.A. No. 158 of 2025) Pratap Kumar Patel & Anr. (In W.A. No. 278 of 2025) Baidhar Behera & Ors. (In W.A. No. 1104 of 2025) Respondents Mr. B. Sharma, Sr. Advocate with S. K. Singh, Advocate CORAM: JUSTICE KRISHNA SHRIPAD DIXIT JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH ORDER Order No. 10.02.2026 02. The subject matter of these Writ Appeals is substantially similar to the one dealt with by a Coordinate Bench of this Court in Writ Appeal No.1323 of 2023 (State of Orissa v. Chhabindra Kumar Samal) disposed off on 02.07.2025 in the light of the decision of the Apex Court in SLP(C) No.13077 of 2020 between State of Orissa v. Amit Kumar Mishra, decided on 12.01.2021. There is not much dispute on this position. In the above circumstances, these Appeals fail and are accordingly disposed off with a direction to implement the impugned orders of the learned Single Judge within an outer limit of three months and without giving any scope for contempt proceedings. (Krishna Shripad Dixit) Judge (Chittaranjan Dash) Judge AKPradhan Designation: Senior Stenographer