WP(C)/27869/2026 of PRANAKRUSHNA ROUL Vs STATE OF ODISHA on 8 September 2026

ORDER

08.09.2026

01.

1. Heard learned counsel for the Parties.

2. Referring to the direction passed by the Coordinate Bench of this Court in W.P.(C) No.31679 of 2011, reported in 2020 (II) ILRCUT-84, the Petitioners had earlier approached this Court in W.P.(C) No.20933 of 2020 seeking a direction to the Opposite Parties therein to extend him the benefit of the judgment dated 05.03.2020 passed in W.P.(C) No.31679 of 2011 and to grant them all consequential benefits, including regularization of service, in terms of the said judgment.

3. It is submitted that the aforesaid judgment of the learned Single Judge passed in W.P.(C) No.20933 of 2020 was carried in Writ Appeal No.10 of 2021, which came to be dismissed, and the same was thereafter affirmed by the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Special Leave to Appeal (C) No.123627 of 2021. The grievance of the Petitioners is that, despite the issue having attained finality at the

hands of the Hon’ble Supreme Court, the authorities have not extended the benefit of the said judgment to him. The Petitioners, therefore, prays for a direction to the authorities to extend the benefit of the aforesaid judgment by releasing the arrear salary and all other consequential service benefits from the date of his entitlement in terms of the judgment dated 05.03.2020 passed in W.P.(C) No.31679 of 2011 (Dhananjay Charan Dey and Others v. State of Orissa and Others).

4. Learned counsel for the Petitioners fairly submits that suffice would be in disposing the writ application allowing the Petitioners to file a fresh representation ventilating their grievance with direction to the authority to consider the same in accordance with law.

5. Having regard to the aforesaid submission and in the absence of any serious objection from the learned Additional Government Advocate, this Writ Petition is disposed of at the stage of admission with a direction that, in the event the Petitioners submit fresh representation within 15 (fifteen) days from the date of this order, Opposite Party No.1, the Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, School & Mass Education Department, Bhubaneswar, shall consider and dispose of the same in accordance with law and in the light of the judgments referred to hereinabove, within a period of 4 (four) weeks from the date of its receipt, and communicate the decision to the Petitioners within 2 (two) weeks thereafter.

(Chittaranjan Dash) Judge Bijay Digitally Signed Signed by: BIJAY KETAN SAHOO Reason: Authentication Location: HIGH COURT OF ORISSA Date: 09-Sep-2026 12:36:49 Signature Not Verified