IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.33264 of 2025 Tribhuban Das …. Petitioner Mr. K.C. Sahu, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. …. Opposite Parties Mr. P.K. Panda, ASC CORAM: JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY Order No. ORDER 20.01.2026 04. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical) Mode. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the Parties. 3. Learned Addl. Standing Counsel produced the instruction provided by the Department with service of copy on the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner. The same be kept in record. 4. Basing on the instruction, learned Addl. Standing Counsel contended that since Petitioner is an efficient employee and his presence is required for due discharge of Government duty in the place of transfer to which he has been transferred vide notification dtd.12.11.2025 under Annexure-4, this Court may not interfere with the same. p. 2 p. 2 5. Learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner on the other hand contended that since on his own request, Petitioner was transferred and posted vide notification dtd.13.02.2025 and he has only got around two years of service left, at the fag-end of his career, he could not have been again put under transfer vide notification dtd.12.11.2025. 6. Having heard learned counsel appearing for the Parties, considering the submissions made and the instruction provided, this Court is of the view that since presence of the Petitioner is required in the place of transfer, Petitioner being an efficient employee of the Government, this Court is not inclined to interfere with the same. However, it is observed that if after such posting of the Petitioner, Petitioner will again be put under transfer, appropriate order will be passed in the matter. 7. Accordingly, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. (Biraja Prasanna Satapathy) Judge Subrat