SRIMATI SASMAL v. ANU GARG, IAS,ADDL. CHIEF SECRETARY TO GOVT. WATER RESOURCES DEPT.
CONTC/6278/2025 · 2026-02-20
Aditya Kumar Mohapatra
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.6278 of 2025 Srimati Sasmal ..... Petitioner
Represented by Adv. - M/s Basudev Barik , S.behera, A.satapathy -versus- Anu Garg, IAS,Addl. Chief Secretary To Govt. Water Resources Dept. & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties/Contemnors
Represented by Adv. –Mr.
U.C.Jena, A.S.C.
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
Order No.
ORDER 20.02.2026
02.
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/ Physical Mode).
2. It is stated by the learned counsel for the Opposite Parties- Contemnors that the order passed by this Court has already been complied with vide letter dated 09.02.2026. A copy of such letter is handed over to the learned counsel for the Petitioner in Court today.
3. In view of the decision taken vide letter dated 09.02.2026, nothing survives to be adjudicated in the contempt proceeding. Accordingly, the Contempt Proceeding is dropped with liberty to the Petitioner to revive the same in the event the benefits are not
Page 2 of 2. sanctioned and disbursed in favour of the Petitioner expeditiously. As undertaken by the learned counsel for the Contemnors the order passed by this Court shall be implemented within a period of six weeks.
( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra)
Judge
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