Sourav Mallick v. Maheswar Sahoo, District Education Officer, Jajpur

Orissa HC6 Mar 2026CONTC/5514/2025

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What is this about?

Keywords: CONTC No.5514 of 2025; contempt petition dropped; compliance affidavit dated 26.02.2026; W.P. (C) No.27842 of 2022; order dated 27.10.2022 coordinate Bench; District Education Officer Jajpur; unconditional apology for delay; typographical error 'unintentional'/'unconditional'; liberty to challenge order dated 24.02.2026 Annexure-A/3; Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; hybrid mode; advocates Ranjit Samal and D.N. Lenka AGA.

What did the court decide?

CONTC petition dropped following filing of the compliance affidavit and unconditional apology; petitioner granted liberty, if so advised, to challenge on merits the order dated 24.02.2026 passed by the opposite party (Annexure-A/3 to the compliance affidavit). ¶¶19

Sourav Mallick Vs Maheswar Sahoo, District Education Officer, Jajpur — Orissa HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Issue for consideration

Whether the opposite party (District Education Officer, Jajpur) has complied with the direction to file an affidavit regarding compliance of the order dated 27.10.2022 passed by the coordinate Bench in W.P. (C) No.27842 of 2022.

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Court's answer

The compliance affidavit dated 26.02.2026 filed by the opposite party is on record, indicating the details of steps taken for compliance with the order dated 27.10.2022 in W.P. (C) No.27842 of 2022.

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Ratio / Principle

In view of the compliance affidavit having been filed and the unconditional apology tendered for the delay, the CONTC petition is dropped.

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Key takeaways

The petitioner, if so advised, shall have liberty to challenge on merits the order dated 24.02.2026 passed by the opposite party, annexed to the compliance affidavit and marked as Annexure-A/3.ratio¶¶19
A typographical error in paragraph 14 of the compliance affidavit was noted: 'unintentional' was typed instead of 'unconditional', and the passage may be read as 'unconditional'.obiter¶¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Contempt petition (CONTC No.5514 of 2025), High Court of Orissa at Cuttack, decided 06.03.2026 by Justice Mruganka Sekhar Sahoo (Hybrid Mode): the compliance affidavit dated 26.02.2026 sworn by the opposite party (Maheswar Sahoo, District Education Officer, Jajpur), recording the steps taken to comply with the coordinate Bench's order dated 27.10.2022 in W.P. (C) No.27842 of 2022, having been filed and served, and unconditional apology having been tendered for the delay (a typographical slip reading 'unintentional' for 'unconditional' in paragraph 14 of the affidavit being noted), the CONTC petition was dropped; the petitioner was left at liberty, if so advised, to challenge on merits the opposite party's order dated 24.02.2026 annexed to the affidavit as Annexure-A/3.

Sourav Mallick v. Maheswar Sahoo, District Education Officer, Jajpur

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