Jammana Dhanalaxmi v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Anganwadi Helper disengagement; ground of inability to speak/read/write Odia; disengagement order dated 26.01.2025; alternative efficacious remedy of appeal under revised guidelines dated 15.03.2023 (first instance: SubCollector, then Collector); writ disposed with liberty to prefer appeal within a week; appellate authority to decide preferably within two months of filing; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; W.P.(C) No. 3081 of 2025; Sashikanta Mishra, J.; order dated 04.02.2025.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to prefer appeal against the order of disengagement within a week from receipt of certified copy of this order; direction that if such appeal is preferred, the Appellate Authority shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law, preferably within two months from the date of filing of the appeal.