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K.Ramanna Soni Vs Union of India — Pension and Retirement Benefits | Orissa HC (2022)

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K.Ramanna Soni v. Union of India

Orissa HC22 Nov 2022FAO/405/2022

Case brief

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What is this about?

The High Court of Orissa disposed of an FAO appealing a direction to deposit 90% of compensation. The court aligned with a prior judgment, ordering the entire compensation amount be disbursed with only 50% retained in a fixed deposit for five years.

What did the court decide?

The entire compensation amount is to be disbursed in favour of the claimant, keeping 50% in fixed deposit for five years.

What the court decided

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Outcome

The entire compensation amount is to be disbursed in favour of the claimant, keeping 50% in fixed deposit for five years.

Issue for consideration

Whether the direction to keep 90% of compensation in fixed deposit should be modified given a prior judgment of this court.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Appeal against direction to deposit 90% of compensation Amount. Held, following this Court's earlier decision in FAO No.262 of 2020 (disposed 9/9/2021), the appeal is disposed of. It is directed that the entire compensation be disbursed to the claimant, with 50% kept in fixed deposit in a Nationalized bank for five years.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

FAO No.405 of 2022

Smt. K. Ramanna Soni

…. Appellant

Mr. Pradeep Kumar Mishra, Advocate

-versus-

Union of India, represented through …. General Manager, East Coast Railway, Respondent Bhubaneswar

Mr. B.S. Rayaguru, Central Government Counsel

CORAM:

JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY

ORDER 22.11.2022

Order No.

The matter is taken up through Hybrid mode.

Heard Mr. P.K. Mishra, learned counsel for the Appellant and Mr. B.S. Rayaguru, learned Central Government Counsel for Respondent - Union of India.

It is submitted on behalf of the Appellant that challenge in the present appeal against the direction of keeping 90% of the compensation amount in fixed deposit is covered by a similar judgment of this court.

It is admitted by both parties that the challenge in the present appeal is squarely covered by the decision of this Court rendered in FAO No.262 of 2020 and batch, disposed of on 9^th September, 2021.

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Accordingly, the present appeal is disposed of in terms of the principles decided in the said decision of this Court with a direction to disburse the entire compensation amount in favour of the claimant - Appellant keeping 50% in fixed deposit in his name in any Nationalized bank for a period of five years.

With aforesaid observation and direction, the FAO is disposed of.

Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper

application.

M.K. Panda

( B.P. Routray)
Judge

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Issues for consideration

1 issue framed by the court

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1.
Whether the direction to keep 90% of compensation in fixed deposit should be modified given a prior judgment of this court.

Cases cited

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nullFollowed¶4
FAO No.262 of 2020 and batch
nullReferred¶17
null

Statutes considered

2 provisions across 2 enactments

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Banking Act, 1949null
Banking Regulation Act, 1949null

Parties & counsel

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appellant
Smt. K. Ramanna Soni
respondent
Union of India
respondent
General Manager, East Coast Railway

Coram

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B. P. Routray

Case details

As recorded by the court registry

Court: Orissa HC
Decided on: 22 Nov 2022 · November
Registered: 20 Oct 2022
Case no.: FAO/405/2022
CNR: ODHC010705982022
Topic: Pension and Retirement Benefits
Bench: B. P. Routray
Disposal: Disposed Off

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K.Ramanna Soni v. Union of India, FAO/405/2022 (OD), decided on 22 November 2022.

The High Court of Orissa publishes no neutral citation for this judgement — cite it by case number and date of decision.

Cases cited2

nullFollowed¶4
nullReferred¶17

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Statutes2

Banking Act, 1949null
Banking Regulation Act, 1949null

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Bench / Coram

B. P. Routray

Parties & counsel