Page 1 of 1. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No.2071 of 2026 Manoj Kumar Khatua ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. – Mr. Prafulla Kumar Mohapatra -versus- Krushna Chandra Naik, Superintendent of Police, Criminal Investigation Department, Crime Branch, Cuttack. ..... Opposite Party/ Contemnor Represented By Adv. – Mr. S.K. Parhi, ASC CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA Order No. ORDER 08.05.2026 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical Mode). 2. It is alleged by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the order dated 07.04.2025 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.1577 of 2024 having been duly communicated to the Opposite Party-Contemnor vide postal receipt under Annexure-2 to the contempt application, however, the Opposite Party-Contemnor has 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 Party-Contemnor Page 2 of 2. liable to be proceeded under the Contempt of Court’s Act, 3. Learned counsel for the Contemnor, on the other hand, sought for some time to implement the order of this Court in the event the same attains finality. 4. Taking into consideration the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties, this Court grants further six weeks’ time, as a last chance, to the Contemnor to implement the order dated 07.04.2025 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.1577 of 2024, failing which, the Contemnor 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 him for wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order. 5. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the contempt petition is disposed of. ( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra) Judge Debasis