Pranaya Kumar Sahoo v. State of Odisha
Recruitment – District Project Manager, Odisha Livelihoods Mission (OMMU)
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) No. 1965 of 2019, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 22.07.2024 by Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi. Challenge to Selection Committee procedure for District Project Manager posts under Odisha Livelihoods Unit (OMMU)/Odisha Livelihoods Mission; PWD category candidate omitted from merit list despite claimed highest marks; OP2 plea of non-attainment of qualifying marks by PWD candidates; direction to reconsider all PWD candidates and issue appointment letter to highest scorer subject to PWD certificate verification; writ petition disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opposite Party No.2 to consider all PWD category candidates and, upon verifying the Petitioner's claim of highest mark among PWD candidates, issue an appointment letter to the highest-scoring PWD category candidate, subject to verification of the PWD certificate.