Ranjit Kumar Malla vs State Of Odisha And
2023 Latest Caselaw 11882 Ori

          IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

                        W.P.(C) No.31404 of 2023

        Ranjit Kumar Malla                    ....                   Petitioner
                                                      Mr. A.K. Dash, Advocate


                                           -versus-
        State of Odisha and
        Others                                ....             Opposite Parties
                                                                State Counsel

                           CORAM:
               JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY

                                            ORDER

03.10.2023 Order No.

01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual/Physical) Mode.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties.

3. Learned counsel for both the parties agreed that the issue involved in this writ petition is analogues to one involved in O.A. No. 1668 of 2017 (Ashok Kumar Mohapatra v. State of Orissa), which was disposed of by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal vide judgment dated 09.10.2018 and confirmed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.6698 of 2020 and further confirmed by the apex Court in SLP(C) No.15573 of 2020.

4. In view of the above and considering the limited prayer to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered in Ashok Kumar // 2 //

Mohapatra (supra), this writ petition stands disposed of directing the competent authority to dispose of the case of the petitioner applying the decision rendered in the case of Ashok Kumar Mohapatra (supra) by undertaking the entire exercise within a period of two months from the date of communication of the order.

5. Petitioner is directed to serve an extra copy of the brief on learned State Counsel for School & Mass Education Department for communication purpose.

(Biraja Prasanna Satapathy) Judge

Basudev

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: BASUDEV SWAIN Reason: Authentication of order Location: High Court of Orissa, Cuttack Date: 04-Oct-2023 18:04:38