Gouri Sankar Padhy v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack | WP(C) No.2184 of 2025 | Gouri Sankar Padhy v. State of Odisha, Revenue Div. Commnr.(s.d.) Berhampur, Collector & DM Koraput, Sub-Collector Koraput, Tahasildar Narayan Patna | Decided 19.02.2025 by Justice Aditya Kumar Mohapatra | Subject: pending Departmental Proceeding D.P. Case No.l/2022 (Collector, Koraput); promotion to Revenue Inspector rank w.e.f. 31.08.2024 matching juniors' promotion (Annexure-9); annual increments held up since 2016; pending representation Annexure-10 before Collector & DM Koraput | Outcome: writ disposed of at admission stage; Opposite Party No.3 directed to consider representation within 3 months, pass speaking and reasoned order, communicate decision within 2 weeks | No statutes or cases cited.
What did the court decide?
Direction to Opposite Party No.3 (Collector & District Magistrate, Koraput) to consider the Petitioner's representation under Annexure-10 within three months from production of certified copy of the order, to dispose of it by passing a speaking and reasoned order, and to communicate the decision to the Petitioner within two weeks thereafter.