Prasanna Kumar Routray v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

WPC(OA) No. 1528 of 2015 Prasanna Kumar Routray & others ....

Petitioners Mr. Sameer Ku. Das, Advocate -versusState of Odisha & another ....

Opp. Parties Mr. D. Mohapatra, Standing Counsel (school and Mass Education Deptt.)

CORAM:

JUSTICE M.S. SAHOO Order No.

ORDER

22.06.2022 01.

RJ 1.

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2.

The writ petition has been registered before this Court on 23rd August, 2021, after the original application was transferred from the learned State Administrative Tribunal, Principal Bench, Bhubaneswar upon its abolition.

3.

On perusal of the available order sheets of the learned Tribunal, it is indicated that the matter was not admitted when it was taken up on 10.06.2015.

4.

The O.A.

was filed in the year by the petitioners/applicants before the learned Tribunal, challenging the merit list/select list published on 30.05.2015 for recruitment of Contract Teachers (Hindi). It is alleged in the O.A. that the rightful claim of the petitioners/applicants was ignored. 5.

Learned Standing Counsel submits that since the matter relates to a select list of the year 2015, long lapse of time would render the matter infructuous.

6.

Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that he has no up-to-date instruction to pursue the matter at present. 7.

Having heard learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of for lack of up-to-date instruction from the

// 2 // petitioners granting liberty to revive the same within sixty days for any surviving cause of action.

(M.S. Sahoo) Judge