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Santosh Kumar Maharana v. State Of Odisha

2022-10-28Dr. Justice B.R.Sarangi2 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P. (C) No. 27767 of 2022 Santosh Kumar Maharana .....

Petitioner Mr. A.U. Senapati, Advocate Vs.

State of Odisha and others .....

Opposite parties State Counsel

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE B.R. SARANGI

ORDER

28.10.2022 Order No.

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2.

Defect pointed out by S.R. be removed within three days. 3.

Heard.

4.

The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking for direction to the opposite parties to take immediate steps to disburse the Trained Graduate Scale of pay in favour of the petitioner with effect from 07.02.2015 within a stipulated period.

5.

Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that similar question has already been adjudicated by the learned Single Judge in Radharani Samal vrs. State of Orissa, 2017(I) ILR-CUT-546 which has been affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court by dismissing Writ Appeal No.176 of 2017 preferred by the State vide order dated 30.04.2019. Therefore, the case of the petitioner is squarely covered by the judgment passed by this Court in Radharani Samal (supra).

6.

Learned Standing Counsel for School and Mass Education Department admits the contentions raised by the learned counsel for the petitioner. He contended that direction may be issued to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of judgment passed by this Court in Radharani Samal (supra) which has been affirmed by the Division Bench of this Court vide order dated 30.04.2019 by dismissing Writ Appeal No.176 of 2017 preferred by the State. 7.

Considering the contentions raised by learned counsel for the parties

and after going through the records, this Court disposes of the writ petition directing the opposite parties to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the ratio decided by this Court in Radharani Samal (supra) as expeditiously as possible preferably within a period of four months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. Arun (DR. B.R. SARANGI, J.)