Ashok Kumar Baral v. State of Odisha
ORISSA HIGH COURT (Cuttack) – single-Judge bench of Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy – WP(C) Nos.3070 & 3071 of 2021
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What is this about?
Pay-parity/RACP rejection quashed and remanded — Odisha HC, WP(C) Nos.3070 & 3071 of 2021, order dtd.01.05.2024, Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy. Key themes: parity with similarly situated Demonstrators granted 1st/2nd/3rd RACP Grade Pay (Rs.4,600/Rs.5,400/Rs.6,600) vide Government orders dtd.31.10.2023 and 08.11.2023 implementing Tribunal directions upheld by this Court and the Hon'ble Apex Court; implementation orders dtd.13.10.2023 and 08.11.2023 issued on the face of Contempt; Annexure-8 rejection order dtd.17.12.2020 quashed; fresh adjudication directed by Opp. Party No. 1 within three months; consequential follow-up on eligibility; pending analogue litigation W.P.(C) No. 1521 of 2018; earlier adjournment order dtd.28.02.2024. Useful search hooks: equal treatment/pay parity in RACP fixation, quash-and-remand of pay-anomaly rejection orders, Government of Odisha service-benefit disputes, contempt-linked implementation of Tribunal directions.