Jagannath Panda @ Jagannatha Panda v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Grade pay fixation; Rs. 4600 grade pay; clause-10; Government Resolution dated 06.02.2013; completion of 30 years of service; service and arrear benefits; representation to DFO Rayagada Division (Territorial); direction to consider pending representation; speaking and reasoned order; eight-week timeline; reliance on State of Odisha vrs. Biharilal Barik (S.L.P. Diary No.20358 of 2017 / W.P.C No-2831/2016); disposal at admission stage; mandamus sought; Orissa High Court; WP(C) No.792 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief on grade pay fixation was granted; the writ application was disposed of at the admission stage with a direction to Opposite Party No.6 (Divisional Forest Officer, Rayagada Division, Territorial Division) to decide the Petitioner's pending representation (Annexure-6) within eight weeks of production of the certified copy, by a speaking and reasoned order, in the light of the State of Odisha vrs. Biharilal Barik judgment, and to communicate the decision within two weeks thereafter.