Geeti Ranjan Mohapatra vs Satyabrata Sahoo
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Geeti Ranjan Mohapatra vs Satyabrata Sahoo on 1 August, 2025

Author: Aditya Kumar Mohapatra

Bench: Aditya Kumar Mohapatra

                    IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                                CONTC No.2706 of 2025
            Geeti Ranjan Mohapatra            .....      Petitioner
                                                              Represented By Adv. -
                                                              Mr. Arun Kumar
                                                              Acharya

                                           -versus-
            Satyabrata Sahoo, IAS,                    .....        Opposite Parties/
            Additional Chief Secretary, Home                           Contemnors
            Department, Government of
            Odisha, Lokseba Bhawan,
            Bhubaneswar and another.
                                                              Represented By Adv. -

                                                              Mr. U.R. Jena, AGA

                                 CORAM:
            THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA

                                          ORDER

01.08.2025 Order No.

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

2. Learned counsel for the Petitioner admitted that in the meantime the Petitioner has been given promotion to the rank of Deputy Superintendent of Police.

3. Therefore, the judgment dated 12.05.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.31501 of 2021 has been fully complied with.

4. Further, the grievance of the Petitioner that a junior to the Petitioner has been given promotion to the post of Additional Superintendent of Police. The same gives rise to separate cause of

action.

5. Accordingly, the present contempt application is dropped with liberty to the Petitioner to approach this Court by filing a fresh writ petition in the event he is so advised.

( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Debasis

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK.