Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.2171 of 2025 Hazarat Alli Khan ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. – M/s. Pranaya Swain -versus- Arindam Dakua, Director, Municipal Administration H and U.D Dept., Odisha ..... Opposite Party/ Contemnor Represented by Adv. – A.Mohanty, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 06.03.2026 Order No. 08. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Learned counsel for the Contemnor, on the basis of letter dated 05.03.2026, stated before this Court that in the meantime the Deputy Secretary to Government, Housing & Urban Development Department has already passed an order permitting absorption of the Petitioner in the regular establishment. 3. A copy of the letter dated 05.03.2026 is served by learned counsel for the Contemnor in court today. The same is taken on record. 4. A copy of such order has already been served on learned Page 2 of 2. counsel for the Petitioner. 5. In view of such development, the Contempt Proceeding is dropped with liberty to the Petitioner to approach this Court again in the event the cause of action still survives. ( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Anil Designation: Junior Stenographer