Sukanta Dash v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: MACP; RACP; 3rd MACP; Level-11; Grade Pay Rs.4800/-; arrear financial benefits; retrospective recovery; State Guest House (SGH) cadre till 2022; Finance Department opinion; Annexure-6; Annexure-12; Annexure-13 Series; Annexure-14; Home Department Government of Odisha; Police organization; promotional hierarchy; State of Odisha v. Bihari Lal Barik; SLP (Diary) No.20358 of 2017; Jagdish Prasad Singh (2024) 8 S.C.R.377; eight weeks; personal hearing; disposed with directions. Court: High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Judge: Dr. Justice S.K. Panigrahi; Order dated 22.10.2024. Petitioner: Sukanta Dash (Adv. Nihal Rath); Opposite Parties: State of Odisha & Ors. (AGA D. Mund).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of with directions to Opposite Party No.1 to examine the grievance, consider grant of 3rd MACP (Level-11 / Grade Pay Rs.4800/-) in light of Annexures-5 and 14 without retrospective recovery of the 1st and 2nd RACP benefits, weigh the anti-recovery plea against Jagdish Prasad Singh (2024) 8 S.C.R.377 if applicable, provide a personal hearing if needed, and issue the necessary order preferably within eight weeks.