Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.14922 of 2025 Muralidhar Sutar ..... Petitioner Mr. P.R. Chhatoi, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. S.K. Pradhan, ASC CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 23.05.2025 Order No. 01 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Heard Mr. P.R. Chhatoi, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. S.K. Pradhan, learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State. 3. Instant writ petition is filed by the Petitioner for a direction to the Opposite Parties to allow Grade Pay toward 3rd Financial Upgradation under the RACPS in his favour as per the Finance Department Resolution dated 6th February, 2013. 4. Mr. Chhatoi, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the case of the Petitioner is squarely covered by the decision in State of Odisha and another Vrs. Bihari Lal Barik and others decided in W.P.(C) No.2831 of 2016 and upheld by the Apex Court in SLP Diary (S) No.20358 of 2017. 5. Recorded the submission of learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State. 6. In view of the plea of the Petitioner and submission of Mr. Chhatoi, learned counsel appearing for him and as it is pleaded that the case is Page 2 of 2. covered by Bihari Lal Barik (supra), the Court is inclined to direct Opposite Party No.3 to consider sanction of Grade Pay vis-a-vis 3rd RACP as per Annexure-2 and to take decision at the earliest. 7. Hence, it is ordered. 8. In the result, the writ petition stands disposed of with the direction as aforesaid. It is further directed that opposite party No.3 shall do well to consider the request for 3rd RACP/MACP in favour of the petitioner followed by an order as soon as possible preferably within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order keeping in view the ratio decided in Bihari Lal Barik (supra). (BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Vacation Judge Sneha