Satyanarayan Hota v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha High Court, Cuttack; WP(C) No.23256 of 2025; order dated 03.09.2025; Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad; petitioner Satyanarayan Hota, retired Headmaster; pay scale extension with effect from 10.11.1991 till superannuation; representation dated 21.11.2024 (Annexure-1); reliance on Rama Chandra Sahoo v. State of Odisha and others, WPC(OAC) No.3264 of 2017 (disposed 17.08.2022); carried to Supreme Court in SLP(C) No.19665 of 2023 (disposed 31.07.2025); writ petition disposed with eight-week direction to consider representation and communicate decision in writing; contentions kept open; no costs; advocate T.K. Nayak for petitioner; AGA D. Lenka for opposite parties.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the opposite parties to consider the petitioner's representation dated 21.11.2024 in a time bound way, in accordance with law and keeping in view the decision cited (Rama Chandra Sahoo), and to communicate the decision in writing within eight weeks; liberty to the answering OP to seek information/documents without brooking delay; all contentions kept open; no costs.