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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.15800 of 2025 Purna Chandra Mohanty ..... Petitioner
Represented By Adv. - Manas Pati -versus- State Of Odisha and others ..... Opposite Parties
Mr. D. Mohanty, AGA
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
ORDER 13.06.2025
Order No.
01.
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode.
2. Heard.
3.
Learned counsel for the Petitioner contended that analogues matter had come up before the Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, Bhubaneswar in O.A. No.2037 of 2015, which was
disposed of vide order dated 14.08.2015 allowing the claim made by the Petitioner therein. Challenging such order, the State had preferred W.P.(C) No.3442 of 2016, which was dismissed vide order dated
28.02.2017. Therefore, this Writ Petition may be disposed of in terms of the order dated 14.08.2015 passed in O.A. No.2037 of 2015.
4. It is also contended by the learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner that the order of the Tribunal dated 14.08.2015 which was affirmed by a Division Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) No.3442 of 2016 has already been implemented in a case of similar situated employee, namely, Alekh Charan Sahoo under Annexure-5 to the
Page 2 of 2. present writ petition. In such view of the matter, learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that there is no difficulty on the part of the Opposite Parties to extend similar benefits to the Petitioner as the Petitioner stands in a similar footing with the above named Alekh Charan Sahoo.
5. In view of the above, this Writ Petition stands disposed of in terms of the observation/direction given by the Tribunal in the aforesaid order dated 14.08.2015 passed in O.A. No.2037 of 2015 under Annexure-3 and implementation of order under Annexcure-5 within a period of two months from the date of communication of the
order.
6. Petitioner is directed to provide a copy of this order passed by this Court in the present Writ Petition and the order passed by the learned Tribunal in O.A. No.2037 of 2015 as well as the order passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.3442 of 2016 within a period of seven(7) days from the date of receipt of this order.
7. The writ petition is disposed of accordingly.
Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application.
( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra )
Vacation Judge S.K. Rout