Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.360 of 2026 1) Ratnakar Behera ..... Petitioners 2) Debasis Das Represented by Adv. – M/s. Adyasidhi Mishra, P. Soni, M. Hati, M.P. Rout -versus- Y.B. Khurania, I.P.S., Director General & Inspector General of Police, State Police Headquarters, Buxi Bazar, Cuttack City, Cuttack. ..... Opposite Party/ Contemnor Represented by Adv. – Mr. C.M. Singh, ASC CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 30.01.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Alleging non-compliance of common judgment dated 04.11.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.33857 of 2020 along with a batch of similar other writ petitions, the Petitioners have approached this Court by filing the contempt application. 3. Learned counsel for the Petitioners, at the outset, contended that although while allowing the writ applications no stipulation time is there, however, the same should have been implemented within a reasonable time. He further contended that the Opposite Page 2 of 2. Party-Contemnor has not implemented the judgment as of now since the same has attained finality in the meantime. 4. Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, contended that in the event some more time is granted, it shall ensure that the judgment passed by this Court is implemented subject to any appeal preferred by the State-Opposite Party against the impugned judgment. 5. Considering such submission, the contempt petition is disposed of by granting three months’ time to the Opposite Party- Contemnor to ensure that the judgment dated 04.11.2024 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.33857 of 2020 along with a batch of similar other writ petitions is implemented in its letter and spirit, which will also be subject to order to be passed by the appellate court in the event an appeal preferred by the State-Opposite Party. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Debasis