State of Odisha v. Sunia Murmu
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WA No.2207 of 2024, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 11.09.2025 (Manash Ranjan Pathak & Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo, JJ.). Compassionate appointment / Rehabilitation Assistance Scheme; Odisha Civil Services (Rehabilitation Assistance) Rules, 2020 — Rule 6 sub-rule (9) substituted by amendment notification dated 04.04.2025; transitional provision routing pre-2020 deaths to rules prevailing on date of death (2016 Amendment Rules; 1990 Rules). Consent-based disposal of State appeal against Single Judge order dated 15.12.2023 in W.P.(C) No.40492 of 2023; fresh consideration by Additional Chief Engineer, Baripada within three months; rejection records voided; delay costs Rs. 500/day (first month) and Rs. 1,000/day thereafter. Cases referred: Malaya Nanda Sethy vrs. State of Orissa (2022(II) OLR(SC)-1); State of West Bengal v. Debabrata Tiwri ((2023 (3) SCALE-557); Suchitra Bal v. State of Odisha (W.P.(C) No.2081 of 2021, batch, 27.06.2023); Bindu Sagar Samantaray (W.A.No.810 of 2021); Biswajit Swain (W.P.(C) No.5214 of 2021, 31.10.2023). Parties: State of Odisha (appellant, through AGA Debaraj Mohanty) vs. Sunia Murmu (respondent, through Ranjit Mohanty).