Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.8137 of 2024 Santosh Kumar Behera ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. – Mr. Dinesh Kumar Panda, -versus- Suvendu Kumar Patra, IPS ..... Opposite Parties Represented By Adv. – Mr. M.R. Patra, ASC CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 25.04.2025 Order No. 03. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. It is stated by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that in the meantime the State Government has taken a decision and, accordingly, Rule-6(9) of the O.C.S. (R.A.) Rules, 2020 has been amended by virtue of Notification dated 04.04.2025 of the G.A. & P.G. Department, Government of Odisha providing a window for consideration of the pending cases, in which, the deceased employee had died and application for appointment on compassionate ground was made prior to the new rule came into force. 3. In view of such development, the present contempt application is disposed of by granting further three months’ time to the Opposite Parties-Contemnors to implement the order Page 2 of 2. dated 15.12.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.40737 of 2023 in terms of the Notification dated 04.04.2025 of the G.A. & P.G. Department, Government of Odisha, failing which, the Opposite Parties-Contemnors will be asked to appear before this Court and shall have to face consequences for non-compliance of the order passed by this Court. 4. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the contempt petition stands disposed of. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Debasis