Markand Pradhan v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

WPC(OAC) No. 4009 of 2013 Markand Pradhan ....

Petitioner Mr. Kailash Ch. Lenka, Advocate along with Ms. Bharati Dash, Advocate -versusState of Odisha & others ....

Opp. Parties Mr. Dipti Ranjan Mohapatra, Standing Counsel (School and Mass Education Deptt.)

CORAM:

JUSTICE M.S. SAHOO Order No.

ORDER

06.04.2022 02.

1.

This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

RJ 2.

It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner that he has no up-to-date instruction from the petitioner to pursue the litigation at present.

3.

When the matter was last taken up by this Court on 07.03.2022 after considering the matter in some detail, the following order was passed:- "The writ petition has been renumbered and registered before this Court on 04.12.2021 after being transferred, upon abolition of State Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack. On perusal of the available order-sheet of the learned Tribunal, it is found that the matter was never listed after 25.08.2015.

The original application was filed in the year 2013 before the learned Tribunal when the applicant was aged about 66 years having retired from Govt. Service as a Primary School Teacher for fixation of his pension after retrospective fixation of pay from 1974, 1981, 1985, 1989 and 1998.

To grant another opportunity to the petitioner, list this matter on 06.04.2022."

4.

Learned Standing Counsel reiterates the submissions on behalf of the opposite party-State as noted in the order dated 07.03.2022.

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Having heard learned counsel for the parties, the writ petition is disposed of for lack of up-to-date instruction from the petitioner to pursue the litigation granting liberty to revive the same within sixty days for any surviving cause of action. (M.S. Sahoo) Judge