Gadadhar Pati v. State Of Odisha

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.32606 of 2022 Gadadhar Pati ....

Petitioner Mr. S.B. Jena, Advocate -versusState of Odisha and others ....

Opposite Parties Mr. Arnav Behera, ASC

CORAM:

JUSTICE A.K. MOHAPATRA Order No.

ORDER

09.12.2022 01.

1.

This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).

2.

The petitioner has filed this writ petition seeking direction to the opposite parties to count his past service rendered in Rairangpur Cooperative Land Development Bank Limited from 21.12.1981 till October 1997 and disburse the pension and other retiral benefits accordingly.

3.

Mr. S. B. Jena, learned counsel for the petitioner contended that similar matter has been considered by the tribunal in O.A. No. 2045 of 2010 disposed of on 23.03.2018 (Sarada Prasad Routray v. State of Orissa) along with batch matters. Against the said order though the State preferred writ petition bearing W.P.(C) No. 15923 of 2019, but the same was dismissed by this Court, vide order dated 25.07.2022, on the ground of delay and laches. 4.

In view of the above, the writ petition stands disposed of in terms of the order passed by the tribunal in O.A. No. 2045 of 2010 disposed of on 23.03.2018 (Sarada Prasad Routray v. State of

// 2 // Orissa) along with batch matters, which has been affirmed by this Court, vide order dated 25.07.2022, in W.P.(C) No. 15923 of 2019. It is directed that the authorities before extending the benefit as has been directed in the case of Sarada Prasad Routray (supra) shall verify whether the Petitioner's case is similar to Sarada Prasad Routray (supra) or not and only thereafter the benefit shall be extended to the Petitioner, as expeditiously as possible, preferably within a period of six months from the date of production of certified copy of this order.

Urgent certified copy of this order be granted on proper application.

( A.K. Mohapatra ) Judge Debasis