Jawaharlal Sethi v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

WPC(OA) No. 1070 of 2016 Jawaharlal Sethi ....

Petitioner Mr. R.K.Bisoi, Advocate -versusState of Odisha and others ....

Opposite Parties Mr. J.P.Patnaik, Government Advocate

CORAM:

JUSTICE M.S.SAHOO Order No .

ORDER

27.7.2022 1 1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. The writ petition has been registered before this Court on 5.1.2022 after the Original Application was transferred upon abolition of the learned Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Bhubaneswar.

3. On perusal of the available order sheets of the learned Tribunal it is indicated that by order dated 10.6.2016 the matter was admitted. Notices were issued. However, the mater was never taken up/pursued after 19.11.2018.

4. Counter dated 26.12.2017 filed by State-Respondent Nos.1 & 2 is on record. That was served on the learned counsel for the petitioner on 2.1.2018.

5. It is submitted by learned counsel for the petitioner that he has no up-to-date instruction to pursue the matter at present on behalf of the petitioner.

6. The Original Application before the learned Tribunal was filed by the petitioner who was aged about 56 years challenging his order of transfer dated 4.6.2016 while he was working as Assistant Fisheries Officer.

7. It is submitted by learned Government Advocate that considering the nature of grievance raised in the petition that is challenge to an order of transfer passed in the year 2016, nothing would survive at present for adjudication of this Court.

8. It is further submitted that the petitioner would have attained age of superannuation in the year about 2019-2020 and would have retired from Government service, therefore, nothing would survive at present for adjudication.

9. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of.

(M.S.Sahoo) dutta Judge