Pradip Kumar Senapati v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Parity/equal-treatment disposal of a writ petition in terms of a cognate judgment. Keywords: like cases treated alike; regularization of services from initial engagement; certiorari quashing impugned orders; mandamus; financial benefits from date of filing of writ petitions; eight-week compliance timeline; no costs; State of Odisha; University employees; W.P.(C) No.18665 of 2024; cognate precedent Litun Pradhan v. State of Odisha, W.P.(C) No.19084 of 2023 etc., decided 17.09.2025; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of in terms of the order in the cognate case (W.P.(C) No.19084 of 2023 etc., Litun Pradhan v. State of Odisha) with conditions mutatis mutandis: quashing of the impugned orders by writ of certiorari; mandamus to consider and regularize the services of the petitioner with effect from the date of initial engagement; financial benefits from the date of filing of the writ petitions; the entire exercise to be accomplished within eight (8) weeks. No costs.