Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.17231 of 2025 Rabindra Rout ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. - Kananbala Roy Choudhury -versus- State Of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Represented By Adv. – J.K. Bal, A.G.A. CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 25.06.2025 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. 3. The Petitioner has filed the present writ application with the following prayer: “Under the facts and in the circumstances stated above it is most humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to admit the WRIT Petition, call for and peruse the connected records, so that conscionable justice can be done and after hearing the Petitioner's Counsel, be further pleased to: A. Issue Rule NISI calling for the O.P. to show cause as to why the award of Punishment with BLACK MARK to the petitioner shall not be quashed and if they fail to show no/sufficient cause make the Rule Page 2 of 2. absolute; B. And further be pleased to direct the O.P. to decide the case of the petitioner taking into account the medical documents proving the genuineness of the petitioner's grievance as such nullifying the order of punishment imposed upon him in an arbitrary manner and also taking into account the decision of our Hon'ble High Court in W.P.(C) NO. 27484 of 2022; C. Issue direction to the O.P. and/or their subordinates not to take any coercive action against the petitioner till the disposal of this Writ Petition: D. And may pass any such other order(s)/direction(s) as this Hon'ble Court deemed just and proper” 4. On perusal of the record it appears that the impugned final order dated 09.05.2021 passed in Battalion Proceeding No.18/2020 is an appealable order. In such view of the matter, the present writ application is being disposed of by granting liberty to the Petitioner to approach the Appellate Authority by filing a properly constituted appeal within two weeks from today. In such eventuality, the Appellate Authority shall consider such appeal of the Petitioner in accordance with law and shall make every endeavour to dispose of the same at the earliest. 5. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the writ petition stands disposed of. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Anil Designation: Junior Stenographer