Harmohan Samantaray vs State Of Odisha And Others
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Orissa High Court

Harmohan Samantaray vs State Of Odisha And Others on 11 February, 2025

Bench: Arindam Sinha, M.S. Sahoo

                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                                  W.A No.291 of 2024


            Harmohan Samantaray                       ....            Appellant

                                                         Represented By Adv. -
                                                    Mr. P.K. Rath, Sr. Advocate
                                                      Mr. A. Behera, Advocate
                                         -versus-

            State of Odisha and others                ....        Respondents
                                                       Represented By Adv. -
                                                          Mr. B. Dash, AGA



                                CORAM:
                  THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARINDAM SINHA,
                              ACTING CHIEF JUSTICE
                                           AND
                     THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. SAHOO
                                          ORDER

11.02.2025 Order No.

01. 1. Mr. Rath, learned senior advocate appears on behalf of

appellant and submits, impugned is judgment dated 22nd December,

2023. His client's writ petition was dismissed on the learned single

Judge confirming him being disengaged from working in the post of

Gram Rozgar Sevak. There are others, who have met targets at

6-7% but his client at 8% stood disengaged. Furthermore, the

Panchayati Raj Department had internal communication saying,

ordinarily poor performance is not a ground for disengagement.

2. Mr. Dash, learned advocate, Additional Government

Advocate appears on behalf of respondent (State).

3. Parties will be heard on whether the disengagement was

ordinarily made or it was extraordinary. Furthermore, appellant's

allegation of others performing less than him will also be looked

into.

4. List on 24th February, 2025.

(Arindam Sinha) Acting Chief Justice

(M.S. Sahoo) Judge

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