Nayan Kumar Patel v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Orissa High Court, Cuttack; WP(C) No. 18312 of 2026; decided 06.07.2026; Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy (single judge). Petitioner Nayan Kumar Patel (advocate L.K. Mohanty) versus State of Odisha & Ors. (AGA A. Tripathy). Subject: grant of G.P.F. number counting service as Panchayat Secretary dated 8.11.1994 and promotion as V.L.W. dated 21.11.2009, to enable pension after superannuation; petitioner invoked State of Odisha and others Vrs Niranjan Biswal, 2018 (ii) ILR CUT 2021. Outcome: writ petition disposed of without deciding the claim; petitioner allowed to file fresh representation before Opposite Party No. 1 within three weeks with documents and citations; Opposite Party No. 1 to take lawful decision within three months of receipt and communicate it. Keywords: GPF number, pension, superannuation, Panchayat Secretary, V.L.W., fresh representation, Annexure-3.
What did the court decide?
Liberty granted to the Petitioner to submit a fresh representation before Opposite Party No. 1 within three weeks, enclosing all relevant documents and citations; upon such filing, Opposite Party No. 1 directed to take a lawful decision within three months of receipt and communicate it to the Petitioner.