Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No. 8905 of 2026 Arun Kumar Behera & Anr. ..... Petitioners Mr. M.K. Panda, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. S. Das, ASC CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 24.04.2026 Order No. 01 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. At the outset, learned counsel for the Petitioner contended that the writ petition be confined to Petitioner No. 1 only and liberty be given to file separate writ petitions in respect of other Petitioner. 3. Heard Mr. M.K. Panda, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner and Mr. S.P. Das, learned Addl. Standing Counsel appearing for the Opp. Parties. 4. The present writ petition has been filed inter alia with the following prayer:- “The petitioner therefore prayed that this Hon'ble Court may Graciously be please to admit this writ petition, issue notice to the opp. Parties and after hearing the parties, to direct the opp.parties to consider the grievance of the petitioners and to sanction and release the arrear remuneration from the month of August, 2017 to July 2022 with interest in their favour within specified period for the interest of justice, Page 2 of 2. And/or to pass such other order /orders, direction/directions as this Hon'ble Court deem just and proper in the fact of this case. And for this act of kindness the petitioners shall as in duty bound ever pray.” 5 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 two (2) weeks hence. 6. 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 four (4) weeks from the date of receipt of such representation. The order so passed by Opp. Party No. 1 be communicated to the Petitioner. 7. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of. (BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Judge Sneha