Prakash Chandra Mohapatra v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Retiral benefits and pension of aided educational institution employees; Odisha Aided Educational Institutions Employees' Retirement Benefit Rules, 1981; direction to Director, Higher Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to consider release within four months; reliance on coordinate-Bench decision Hemant Kumar Chhotaray vs. State of Odisha and Others, 2024 (I) OLR 709; petitioner Prakash Chandra Mohapatra; respondents State of Odisha Higher Education Department and Others; counsel Gyanendra Chaitanya and S. Ghose (Additional Government Advocate); W.P.(C) No.20794 of 2024; Justice B. P. Routray; disposed 19.9.2024.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opposite Party No.2 (Director, Higher Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar) to consider release of pension and retiral benefits in favour of the Petitioner in accordance with law, keeping in view the decision in Hemant Kumar Chhotaray vs. State of Odisha and Others, 2024 (I) OLR 709, within four months from receipt of certified copy of the order.