IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.28973 of 2025 Laxman Chandra Hota …. Petitioner Mr. P.K. Joshi, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Others …. Opp. Parties Mr. D. Lenka, AGA CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD Order No. ORDER 17.10.2025 01. The grievance of the petitioner in the prayer column, which is scripted as under: “On the grounds above, it is therefore, most humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may be pleased to issue rule Nisi to the Opposite Parties as to why direction shall not be issued to forward the Revision of Pension of the Petitioner to Controller of Accounts, Odisha sanctioning One Advance Increment from the date of taken over of the College i.e. dated 15.10.1992 as he has possessed M.Phil qualification from the date of his joining the post under sub-rule-3 of Rule-4 of the Notification No.9682 dated 20.03.1990, Order No.9135 dated 25.04.2014 and Order No.28472 dated 09.10.2018 of the Govt. in Higher Education Deptt at annexure- 3(Series), and similarly situated persons such as Mahesh Kumar Pattanaik have been provisioned vide Order No.4501 dated 17.02.2017 of the Govt. at annexure-6 and vide Judgment dated 112.01.2023 of this Hon'ble Court at annexure-8.” Learned counsel for the petitioner draws attention of the Court to a series of representations at Annexure-7 seeking fructification of the prayer. However, no decision 2 Amit having been taken on the said representations, he is knocking at the doors of the Writ Court. Learned AGA appearing for the O.Ps, in all fairness, submits that he would instruct O.P. No.2 to take a call on the subject representations, if all contentions are kept open and reasonable period is prescribed. Learned counsel for the petitioner is agreeable. In the above circumstances, writ petition is disposed off fixing a period of eight weeks for consideration of the subject representations by OP NO.2 and to inform the Petitioner the result of such consideration. All contentions are kept open. It is open to the answering OP No.2 to solicit any information or documents from the side of the Petitioner, as required for taking a decision on the subject representation. However, in that guise delay shall not be brooked. Now, no costs. Web copy of this order to be acted upon by all concerned. (Dixit Krishna Shripad) Judge Designation: Personal Assistant