Pujarani Nayak v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

WPC(OAC) No.4134 of 2015 Pujarani Nayak ....

Petitioner Miss Pratima Das on behalf of Mr. P.K. Jena, Advocate -versusState of Odisha & others ....

Opp.parties Mr.P.K. Panda, Standing Counsel for the School and Mass Education Department

CORAM:

JUSTICE M.S.SAHOO

ORDER

13.07.2022 Order No.

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

2. The writ petition has been registered before this Court on 27.12.2021, after the Original Application was transferred from the learned Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack upon its abolition.

3. On perusal of the available order-sheets of the learned Tribunal, it is indicated that notices were issued by the learned Tribunal on 07.01.2016. The matter was never taken up/pursued thereafter nor there is any further pleadings by any of the parties.

4. The Original Application was filed before the learned Tribunal in the year 2015 by the applicant, an Ex-TGT(Arts) Contract teacher in Government Girls High School, Nuapada, At/PO/Dist-Nuapada, challenging the cancellation of her engagement passed by the respondentopposite party no.3-District Education Officer, Nuapada vide Office Order dated 24.08.2015 and order dated 22.08.2015 passed by the opposite party no.2-Director Secondary Eduation.

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

6. Learned Standing Counsel referring to the averments made in the writ petition submits that the writ petition is devoid of any merit and nothing would survive for adjudication as the period of contractual engagement is already over after seven years of the impugned order that was passed in the year 2015.

7. Having heard learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of for lack of instructions from the petitioner to pursue the matter granting liberty to revive the petition within sixty days for any surviving cause of action. ( M.S.Sahoo) Judge Gs