IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.32406 of 2025 Rama Chandra Mishra …. Petitioner Mrs. S. Pani, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & others …. Opp. Parties Mr. S.K. Jee, AGA CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH Order No. ORDER 07.03.2026 01. 1. Heard learned counsel for the Parties. 2. By means of this application, the Petitioners seek the following prayer:- “1. Writ of Mandamus directing the Opposite Parties to communicate regularization of service of petitioner as worked against existing vacancy as per Annexure- 2 and extend all service benefits including pensionary benefits to the petitioner, as due and admissible, within a time to be stipulated. 2. Direction directing opposite parties to dispose of representation under Annexure-10 in the light of judgments / orders under Annexure- 11.” p. 2 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioner, in course of the hearing in the application at the stage of admission, drew the attention of this Court to Annexure-10, whereupon a representation has been moved by the Petitioner before the concerned authorities i.e. the Principal Secretary to Government Water Resources Department, Bhubaneswar as well as the Special Secretary to Government, G.A. & P.G. Department, Bhubaneswar with a request for sanction of pensionary benefit to the Petitioner. Learned counsel for the Petitioner also drew the attention of this Court to the fact that similarly placed employees have also been extended the benefit by the Co-ordinate Bench in the matter of Debendranath Sahoo vs. State of Odisha & others in WPC (OA) No.1791 of 2017 and seeks the representation of the Petitioner to be considered in the light of the aforesaid decision. 4. Keeping in view the aforesaid submissions of the learned counsel, in absence of any serious objection from the side of the learned AGA, the Opposite Party No.1 i.e. Principal Secretary to Government Water Resources Department, Bhubaneswar is directed to consider the representation of the Petitioner in the light of the above referred decision passed by the Co-ordinate Bench in WPC p. 3 (OA) No.1791 of 2017, within a period of eight (08) weeks and to communicate the result thereof within one week thereafter. 5. Accordingly, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. (Chittaranjan Dash) Judge Bijay