p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No. 12625 of 2024 Bhuban Women's Degree College, Bhuban …. Petitioner Mr. Srinibas Mohanty, Advocate -versus- Govt. of India, Ministry of Labor and Employment Shram Shakti Bhawan, New Delhi & others …. Opposite Parties Mr. B.B.Mishra & M.K.Pati, Sr. Panel Counsels, Govt. of India, Orissa High Court For O.P. No.1 Mr. S.N.Mohapatra, Advocate For O.Ps. 2 3 CORAM: JUSTICE MRUGANKA SEKHAR SAHOO Order No. ORDER 03.02.2026 (Hybrid Mode) 12. W.P.(C) No. 12625 of 2024 & I.A. No. 1915 of 2026 1. The writ petition has been filed by the petitioner- college with the following prayer : p. 2 “The petitioner, therefore, prays that your lordships would graciously be pleased to admit this writ petition, call for the records, and after hearing the parties be pleased to issue Rule Nisi calling upon the Ops as to how the wages of the employees are calculated on its assumptive value when the factual wages and its proportionate contribution has been accepted by the ESI and failing to show cause and/or insufficient cause make the absolute And further be pleased to quash the impugned notice dtd-23.02.2023 & dtd-15.01.2024 under ANNEXURE-4 AND ANNEXURE-6 with a direction upon the ESI to do well with the accounts of the contribution by way of the ratio of appropriation as per Regulation 31 and /or 40 of the ESI (General) Regulations, 1950” 2. Prayer in the I.A. is 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. Annexed to the I.A. is the Amnesty Scheme dated 28.11.2025 which is scanned and reproduced herein: p. 3 p. 4 3. The learned counsel for the opposite parties endorses the submissions made at the bar by the learned counsel for the petitioner. 4. In view of the above, 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 28.11.2025. 5. The I.A. is favoured and disposed of. The parties shall work on the Amnesty Scheme dated 28.11.2025 and arrive at a settlement. 6. It is further clarified that contentions raised in the writ application shall not be a bar in any manner whatsoever for the parties to work out amicable settlement in terms of the ‘Amnesty Scheme’. The interim order passed earlier 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 is disposed of. (Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo) Judge dutta