Page 1 of 1. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.178 of 2026 Prasanta Kumar Acharya ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. – Mr. Sanjib Mohanty -versus- Deoranjan Kumar Singh, IAS, Secretary, Revenue and Disaster Management Department, Secretariat Building, Odisha, Bhubaneswar and others ..... Opposite Parties/ Contemnors Represented by Adv. – Mr. S.K. Parhi, ASC CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 13.02.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode. 2. It is alleged by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the order dated 20.12.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.34161 of 2022 having been duly communicated to the Opposite Parties- Contemnors vide postal receipt under Annexure-2 to the contempt application, however, the Opposite Parties-Contemnors have not implemented the same. In such view of the matter, learned counsel for the Petitioner alleged wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order which makes the Opposite Parties-Contemnors liable to be proceeded under the Contempt of Court’s Act, 3. Learned counsel for the Contemnors, on the other hand, sought for some time to implement the order of this Court in the event the Page 2 of 2. same attains finality. 4. Taking into consideration the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties, as a last chance, this Court grants further six weeks’ time to the Contemnors to implement the order dated 20.12.2022 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.34161 of 2022, failing which, the Contemnors shall be asked to appear in person before this Court and to explain as to why a proceeding under the Contempt of Courts Act shall not be initiated against them for wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the contempt petition is disposed of. ( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Debasis