JYOTI RANJAN MOHANTY v. ODISHA INFORMATION COMMISSION, SATYANAGAR, BHUBANESWAR
WP(C)/5021/2026 · 2026-02-17
R K Pattanaik
Writ Petition (Civil)body2026
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p. 1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
W.P.(C) No.5021 of 2026
Jyoti Ranjan Mohanty …. Petitioner
Mr. R. Behera, Advocate
-Versus-
Òdisha Information Commission, Bhubaneswar & others …. Opposite Parties
Mr. B.K. Dash, Advocate for O.P. No.1
CORAM:
MR. JUSTICE R.K. PATTANAIK
Order No.
ORDER 17.02.2026
01.
1. Heard learned counsel for the respective parties.
2. Instant writ petition is filed by petitioner for a direction to opposite party No.1 to enquiry into the complaint dated 25th September, 2025 as at Annexure-3 within a stipulated period.
3. Mr. Behera, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the order of the State Information Commission as per Annexure-1 has not been complied with. It is further submitted that the petitioner approached PIO, namely, opposite party No.3 time and again but the order in Second Appeal No.1445 of 2023 has not been implemented and while he claiming so, he refers to Annexure-2 series. The submission is that since the
order has not been complied with, so the complaint filed.
4. A copy of complaint is at Annexure-3 and the same is perused. Recorded the submission of Mr. Dash, learned counsel for the State Information Commission, according to whom, the p. 2 details of opposite party No.3 have not been furnished in the complaint i.e. Annexure-3.
5. But on perusal of Annexure-3, the Court finds the grievance of the petitioner described in great detail with all such particulars furnished and pleaded. Considering the same, the Court is inclined to hold that opposite party No.1 immediately to attend to the complaint as at Annexure-3 and to ensure disposal of the same within a stipulated period. In other words, the Court is of the view that the fact that opposite party No.3 did not comply the order in Second Appeal No.1445 of 2023 having been detailed in the complaint at Annexure-3, it should be attended to and disposed of according to law.
6. Hence, it is ordered.
7. In the result, the writ petition stands disposed of with the direction as aforesaid. It is further directed that opposite party No.1 shall deal with Annexure-3 and after providing an opportunity of hearing to the petitioner to dispose it of at the earliest from the date of receipt of a copy of this order but within a reasonable time.
8. Issue urgent certified copy of this order as per rules.
9. A copy of the order be handed over to Mr. Dash,
learned counsel for the State Information Commission for its onward intimation and early compliance.
(R.K. Pattanaik) Judge
TUDU