Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No. 3540 of 2026 Bijay Kumar Mishra ..... Petitioner Mr. S.S. Das, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. A. Tripathy, AGA CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 24.03.2026 Order No. 04 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Heard Mr. S.S. Das, learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner and Mr. A. Tripathy, learned Addl. Govt. Advocate appearing for the Opp. Parties. 3. In course of hearing learned counsel appearing for the Petitioner contended that even though order passed by this Court on 24.08.2023 in W.P.C.(OAC) No. 1291 of 2008 under Annexure-1 has not yet been implemented in letter and spirit, but the Contempt Petition was dropped by this Court vide order dtd.07.05.2025 in CONTC No. 5212 of 2024. 4. Since the Contempt was dropped, the authorities are not implementing order dtd.24.08.2023 by adjusting the Petitioner against the post of Artist with consequential extension of the scale of pay and other financial benefits. 5. This Court taking into account the nature of order passed in the writ petition and the order passed in Contempt Petition, is of the view that Page 2 of 2. if the Contempt Petition has been dropped prior to compliance of the order in full, no fresh writ petition is maintainable. It is open for the Petitioner to file appropriate application in the disposed of contempt application. 6. With the aforesaid liberty, the writ petition stands disposed of. (BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Judge Sneha