Manoj Kumar Das v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Odisha HC (Cuttack) 2025: retirement benefits / revised pay scale claim of retired Librarian, B.J.B. Autonomous College Bhubaneswar; notification Deptt. of Higher Education dt. 15.10.2021; writ disposed of with liberty/direction to approach authority within 6 weeks; authority to decide within 6 months; senior citizen expeditious consideration; no merits decided; alternate-remedy style disposal. Judge: Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo. Counsel: S.K. Samal (petitioner); Subha Bikash Panda, AGA (O.Ps. 1-5).
What did the court decide?
Writ petition disposed of by directing the authority to decide the petitioner's entitlement to revised scale of pay if he approaches within six weeks with details and a certified copy of the order; authority to decide expeditiously, preferably within six months, keeping in view the petitioner's retired/senior-citizen status, without the Court expressing any opinion on the merits.