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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.6519 of 2024
Mithun Kumar Nayak ..... Petitioner
Represented By Adv. – Mr. Gyanaranjan Sethi -versus- Satyabrata Sahu, I.A.S., Additional Chief Secretary, Home Department, Odisha. ..... Opposite Party/ Contemnor
Represented By Adv. – Mr. S.K. Parhi, ASC
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
ORDER 21.11.2025
Order No.
01.
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).
2. It is alleged by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the order dated 21.07.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.21597 of 2023 having been duly communicated to the Opposite Party-Contemnor vide postal receipt under Annexure-2 to the contempt application, however, the Opposite Party-Contemnor has not implemented the same. In such view of the matter, learned counsel for the Petitioner alleged wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order which makes the Opposite Party-Contemnor liable to be proceeded under the Contempt of Court’s Act.
3.
Learned counsel for the Contemnor, on the other hand,
Page 2 of 2. sought for some time to implement the order of this Court in the event the same attains finality.
4. Taking into consideration the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties, as a last chance, this Court grants further four weeks’ time to the Contemnor to implement the order dated 21.07.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.21597 of 2023, failing which, the Contemnor shall be asked to appear in person before this Court and to explain as to why a proceeding under the Contempt of Courts Act shall not be initiated against him for wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order.
5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the contempt petition is disposed of.
( A.K. Mohapatra)
Judge Debasis