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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.10717 of 2026 Sri Radhagobinda Ghose Mohapatra ..... Petitioner
Represented by Adv. - Kunal Kumar Swain -versus- State Of Odisha and others ..... Opposite Parties
Mr. S. Behera, AGA
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
ORDER 09.04.2026
Order No.
01.
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode.
2. The short grievance of the petitioner is against the long pendency of the G.I.A. Case No.60 of 2024 pending on the file of learned State Education Tribunal, Bhubaneswar.
3.
Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that cases of the kind should be disposed off on a war footing, since it is a statutory Tribunal exclusively established for that purpose. He also tells that speedy justice is facet of Article 21 of the Constitution of India and therefore, a direction be issued for the early disposal. I agree with this.
4. In the above circumstances, Writ Petition is disposed off. The Tribunal is requested to hear and dispose off the subject case within an outer limit of six (6) months reckoned from this day. In the above circumstances, Writ Petition is disposed off. The Tribunal is
Page 2 of 2. requested to hear and dispose off the subject case within an outer limit of six (6) months reckoned from this day.
Now, no costs.
Registry to send a copy of this order to OP Nos.3 by speed post immediately.
Web copy of the order to be acted upon by all concerned.
( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra )
Judge
S.K. Rout