GORACHAND PARIDA v. STATE OF ODISHA
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY
Judgment date:
Case summary
High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2026-04-09. GORACHAND PARIDA v. STATE OF ODISHA. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK W. P. (C) No. 10126 of 2026 Gorachand Parida ..... Petitioner Mr. S. K. Dalai, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Mr. C. K. Pradhan, AGA CORAM: THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY ORDER 09. 04. 2026 Order No. 01 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner and learned counsel appearing for the Opp. Parties. 3.
Petitioner has filed the present writ petition inter alia with the following prayer:- “It is, therefore, most humbly prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to: i) Issue a writ in the nature of mandamus or any other appropriate writ/order/direction directing the Opposite Parties to regularize the service of the petitioner in an appropriate post commensurate with his qualification and length of service with retrospective effect; ii) Direct the Opposite Parties to grant all consequential service benefits including arrears of pay, increments, seniority and other admissible dues arising out of such regularization; Page 1 of 2. iii) Declare the action of the Opposite Parties in extending the benefit of promotion/regularization to Opposite Party No.
8 and other similarly situated persons while denying the same to the petitioner as illegal, arbitrary, discriminatory and violative of Articles 14 and 16 of the Constitution of India; Pass any other order/orders as this Hon’ble Court may deem fit and proper in the interest of justice. ” 4. However, taking into account the claim raised in the present Writ Petition, liberty is granted to the Petitioner to make a fresh representation before Opp. Party No. 1 by enclosing all the relevant documents and citations in support of his claim, if any, within a period of two (2) weeks hence. 5. It is observed that if such representation is filed within the aforesaid time period, Opp. Party No. 1 shall do well to take a lawful decision on the same within a period of six (6) weeks from the date of receipt of such representation. The order so passed by Opp. Party No. 1 be communicated to the Petitioner. 6. With the aforesaid observation and direction, the Writ Petition is disposed of.
(BIRAJA PRASANNA SATAPATHY) Judge Jyoti Page 2 of 2.
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