Tamashi Dutta v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Tamashi Dutta v. State of Odisha & Anr., WP(C) No. 32058 of 2025, High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, Biraja Prasanna Satapathy J., 18.12.2025. Retired employee's claim for 12% interest on delayed release of gratuity and leave salary (delay period 30.11.2023 to 31.01.2025); writ of mandamus sought; Court disposed of the petition without deciding liability, granting liberty to file a fresh representation before Opposite Party No. 2 within 3 weeks and directing a lawful decision within 3 months thereof, to be communicated to the Petitioner. Keywords: gratuity, leave salary, delayed payment, interest, retirement dues, mandamus, fresh representation, disposed.
What did the court decide?
Mandamus for 12% interest not granted; instead, Petitioner given liberty to file a fresh representation before Opposite Party No. 2 (with documents and citations) within three weeks, and Opposite Party No. 2 directed to take a lawful decision thereon within three months of receipt and communicate it to the Petitioner.