PABITRA MOHAN SAHOO v. CHANDRA SEKHAR PADHI,ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF,WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, ODISHA
Court: High Court of Orissa
Bench: MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
Judgment date:
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High Court of Orissa judgment dated 2025-11-28. PABITRA MOHAN SAHOO v. CHANDRA SEKHAR PADHI,ENGINEER-IN-CHIEF,WATER RESOURCES DEPARTMENT, ODISHA. Read the...
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK CONTC No. 5612 of 2025 Pabitra Mohan Sahoo ..... Petitioner Represented By Adv. - M/s Basudev Barik -versus- Chandra Sekhar Padhi,engineer- ..... Opposite Parties in-chief,water Resources Department, Odisha Represented By Adv. – Mr. U. R. Jena, AGA CORAM: MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 28. 11. 2025 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. It is stated by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that although similar order has been implemented in respect of similar employee in CONTC No. 4832 of 2024 (Dillip Kumar Das v. Anu Garg, Development Commissioner-cum- Additional Chief Secretary, Water Resources Department, Rajiv Bhawan, Bhubaneswar), however, the order passed in the case of the Petitioner dated 24. 02. 2025 in W. P. (C) No. 3328 of 2025 and batch of similar other matters has not been implemented by the Contemnor.
He further contended that the writ petition preferred by the present Petitioner, which was registered as W. P. (C) No. 199 of 2025, has also been disposed by a common order dated 24. 02. 2025. It is also brought to the notice of this Court that while Page 1 of 2. disposing of the writ petition of the Petitioner, this Court had granted eight weeks’ time to implement the order. 3. In the aforesaid factual backdrop and further taking into consideration the submission made by the learned counsel for the Opposite Party-Contemnor, this Court grants further six weeks’ time to the Contemnor to implement the order dated 24. 02. 2025 passed by this Court in W. P. (C) No. 199 of 2025 in its letter and spirit, failing which, the Contemnor shall be asked to appear in person before this Court and to explain as to why a proceeding under the Contempt of Courts Act shall not be initiated against him for wilful and deliberate violation of this Court’s order. 4.
With the aforesaid observation and direction, the contempt petition is disposed of. ( A. K. Mohapatra ) Judge Sisir Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: SISIR KUMAR SETHI Designation: Personal Assistant Reason: Authentication Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT Date: 02-Dec-2025 11:20:44 Page 2 of 2.
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