IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W.P.(C) No.5832 of 2026 Debasis Mohanty …. Petitioner Mr. K.C .Sahu, Adv. -versus- State of Odisha and Others …. Opposite Parties Mr. A. Tripathy, AGA COROM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY Order No ORDER 25.02.2026 1. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Mode. 2. Heard learned counsel appearing for the parties. 3. Petitioner has filed the present writ petition inter alia with the following prayer:- In view of the facts & submissions mentioned above the petitioner prays for the following relief(s):- i) The Hon'ble Court be pleased to admit & allow the writ petition. 11) The Hon'ble Court be pleased to allow this writ petition by further directing the Opp. Party no. 1 to give the antedated promotion in favour of the petitioner to the rank of Asst. Executive Engineer (AEE) and subsequent promotion to the rank of Executive Engineer (EE) from the date of his junior ic. private Opp party namely Tripurari Sahu got such promotion as per Annexure-20, 21 & 22 with further granting all consequential service & financial benefits within a time bound period for the interest of justice. p. 2 p. 2 The Hon'ble Court may be pleased to pass any order (5) direction(s) as deems fit and proper for the interest of justice. And for this act of kindness, the petitioner shall as in duty bound ever pray, 4. However, taking into account the claim raised in the present Writ Petition, liberty is granted to the Petitioner to make a fresh representation before Opp. Party No.1 by enclosing all the relevant documents and citations in support of his claim, if any, within a period of 2(two) weeks hence. 5. It is observed that if such representation is filed within the aforesaid time period, Opp. Party No. 1 shall do well to take a lawful decision on the same within a period of 4(four) weeks from the date of receipt of such representation. The order so passed by Opp. Party No. 1 be communicated to the Petitioner. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. (Biraja Prasanna Satapathy) Judge sangita