Dharmapada Bhuyan v. Managing Director, Odisha Small Industries Corporation, Cuttack
Case brief
What is this about?
Retiral benefits; gratuity; leave encashment; revised scale of pay from 01.01.2006; pensioner claim; writ of mandamus; Odisha Small Industries Corporation; disposal without adjudicating merits by directing a fresh representation (3 weeks) and a time-bound lawful decision by the employer (3 months); WP(C) No. 536 of 2026; Orissa High Court; Justice Biraja Prasanna Satpathy; order dated 15.01.2026. Relevant when citing disposal patterns for long-pending retiral dues where the Court grants liberty to represent rather than issuing mandamus.
What did the court decide?
Liberty to the petitioner to file a fresh representation with supporting documents and citations within three weeks; the sole Opposite Party directed to take a lawful decision thereon within three months of receipt and communicate the order to the petitioner. The claim itself was not adjudicated on merits and no monetary relief was granted.