Sarada Prasad Mohanty v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
W.P.(C) 656/2025; I.A. 19748/2025; Orissa High Court; Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy; Sarada Prasad Mohanty v. State of Odisha; antedating/antedate of appointment; notional/backdated appointment w.e.f. 01.07.2014; fixation of seniority; promotion to Senior Clerk w.e.f. 03.01.2019 and Head Clerk w.e.f. 07.12.2022; consequential financial benefits; similarly situated employees; WPC(OAC) No.2373 (C) of 2014 & batch, judgment dt. 7.9.2022; W.A. No.1257 of 2022 & batch, judgment dt. 29.9.2023; comprehensive representation to Opposite Party No.1; one-week filing; four-week lawful decision; disposal of writ petition.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition and I.A. disposed of with liberty to the petitioner to file a comprehensive representation before Opposite Party No.1 within one week; Opposite Party No.1 directed to take a lawful decision within four weeks of receipt and communicate the order to the petitioner. Substantive claims (antedated appointment, seniority, promotion) left to the authority's reconsideration.