Gajendra Prasad Palai v. Dr.Niranjan Mishra, Director, Public Health, Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
CONTC No. 2244 of 2023, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 03.01.2025 by Chakradhari Sharan Singh, Chief Justice. Contempt proceeding alleging disobedience of order dated 17.11.2021 in W.P.(C) No.35564 of 2021 (direction to Director, Public Health, Odisha, Bhubaneswar to reconsider antedating of date of regularization, in light of Manas Ranjan Pattnaik v. State of Odisha, W.P.(C) No.34606 of 2020, and order dated 20.04.2021 in W.P.(C) No.4099 of 2021). Director had deferred consideration pending SLP before Supreme Court against W.P.(C) No.4099 of 2021; SLP dismissed. Held: no intentional disobedience; contempt dropped; petitioner free to pursue remedy before appropriate forum.
What did the court decide?
Contempt proceeding dropped; petitioner at liberty to pursue the remedy before the appropriate forum in accordance with law in light of the dismissal of the SLP by the Supreme Court preferred against W.P.(C) No.4099 of 2021.