Judgment · High Court

Mr. S. Pani, Advocate Mr. S. Rath, AGA CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE CHITTARANJAN DASH Order No. ORDER 30.07.2026

Heard learned counsel for the Parties.

Aggrieved with the inaction of the authority for having not given the Petitioner to the post of reader and the terminal benefit in consequence thereof, the Petitioner has moved this application with the relief as follows:-

a) Direct the Opposite Parties to revise the pension of the Petitioner by counting his past services rendered under private management prior to 09.03.1971 along with his Government service and to sanction and release full pension, arrear pension, differential pension and all consequential retiral benefits in his favour with effect from the date of retirement i.e. 31.01.2000 within a stipulated period; b) Declare the action/inaction of the Opposite Parties in denying full pensionary benefits to the Petitioner while extending situated benefits teachers/employees as arbitrary, discriminatory and illegal

. similarly identical

It is the contention of the Petitioner that the persons similarly situated have given promotion on the basis of the direction issued by this Court. Learned counsel for the Petitioner also submits that the Petitioner too has moved this Court in W.P.(C) No.22195 of 2026, wherein the Co-ordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated

22.07.2026 directed the authority i.e. Commissioner-cum-Secretary to Government, Department of Higher Education, Bhubaneswar (Opp. Party No.1) to consider the grievance of the Petitioner in respect to his promotion to the post of reader with retrospective effect as granted in similar cases. In the event, the Petitioner is considered to be promoted retrospectively to the post of reader, the authority shall consider the disbursal of his terminal benefit in pursuance thereto.

The Writ Petition is accordingly disposed of. Judge (Chittaranjan Dash) Bijay