Writ petition raising an issue identical to one decided in Ashok Kumar Mohapatra. The court disposed of the petition directing the competent authority to decide the petitioner's case applying that judgment within two months.
Competent authority directed to dispose of petitioner's case applying Ashok Kumar Mohapatra judgment within two months.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
W.P.(C) No.18379 of 2024
Santosh Kumar Mohanta
…. Petitioner
Mr. S. Mohanty, Advocate
-versus-
State of Odisha and Others
…. Opposite Parties
State Counsel
CORAM: JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY
ORDER
27.08.2024
Order No.
01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical) Mode.
2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.
3. Learned counsel for both the parties agreed that the issue involved in this writ petition is analogues to one involved in O.A. No. 1668 of 2017 ( Ashok Kumar Mohapatra v. State of Orissa ), which was disposed of by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal vide judgment dated 09.10.2018 and confirmed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.6698 of 2020 and further confirmed by the apex Court in SLP(C) No.15573 of 2020.
4. In view of the above and considering the limited prayer to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered in Ashok Kumar
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Mohapatra (supra), this writ petition stands disposed of directing the competent authority to dispose of the case of the petitioner applying the decision rendered in the case of Ashok Kumar Mohapatra (supra) by undertaking the entire exercise within a period of two months from the date of communication of the order.
5. Petitioner is directed to serve an extra copy of the brief on learned State Counsel for School & Mass Education Department for communication purpose.
(Biraja Prasanna Satapathy) Judge
Basudev
Signature Not Verified
Digitally Signed Signed by: BASUDEV SWAIN Designation: SR. STENO Reason: Authentication Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack Date: 27-Aug-2024 17:43:42
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1 issue framed by the court
Should the petitioner's case be considered in light of the decision in Ashok Kumar Mohapatra v. State of Orissa?
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Ashok Kumar Mohapatra v. State of OrissaApplied¶3
O.A. No. 1668 of 2017
W.P.(C) No.6698 of 2020Referred¶3
SLP(C) No.15573 of 2020Referred¶3
Santosh Kumar Mohanta
State of Odisha
Biraja Prasanna Satapathy
As recorded by the court registry
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