Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.8184 of 2024 Padmabati Majhi @ Bhoi ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. - Biswabihari Mohanty -versus- Pratap Kotapalli, IFS ..... Opposite Parties Represented By Adv. – Sasmita Nayak, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 25.04.2025 Order No. 02. 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 Contemnor. 3. It is stated by learned counsel for the Petitioner that being aggrieved by non-compliance of order dated 21.12.2022 passed in W.P.(C) No.34117 of 2022, the Petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present contempt application. 4. In course of his argument, learned counsel for the Petitioner submitted that after disposal of the above noted writ application vide order dated 21.12.2022, the Opposite Parties rejected the claim of the Petitioner vide order dated 22.05.2023. Being aggrieved by such order, the Petitioner again approached this Court by filing W.P.(C) No.8732 of 2025. This Court after adjudicating the matter vide order Page 2 of 2. dated 27.03.2025 has been pleased to quash order dated 22.05.2023 and the writ petition was disposed of with a further direction to the Opposite Parties to consider the case of the Petitioner strictly in terms of the OCS (RA) Rules, 1990. 5. Learned counsel for the Contemnor on the other hand contended that in the meantime, the OCS (RA) Rules, 2020 has already been amended in view of the notification dated 04.04.2025, Rule-6(9) has been amended providing a window to all pending applications to be considered under the OCS (RA) Rules, 1990. Therefore, the amendment is akin to the order passed by this Court on 27.03.2025 in W.P.(C) No.8732 of 2025. 6. In such view of the matter, the contempt application is being disposed of by granting further two months’ time to the Opposite Party-Contemnor to implement the order passed by this Court in terms of notification dated 04.04.2025. 7. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the CONTC stands dropped. ( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Anil Designation: Junior Stenographer