Can a High Court Mandate Time-Bound Disposal of Administrative Representations and Restrain Coercive Action Pending Decision?

Court Directs Six-Week Timeline for Reengagement Claims under State Programme, Upholding Fair Administrative Practice and Following Madhya Pradesh HC Precedent

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Are Authorities Bound to Grant Retrospective Pay Fixation Based on Coordinate-Bench Rulings in a Time-Bound Manner?

Orissa High Court upholds binding force of coordinate bench decision on pay scales and directs six-week disposal of pending representation

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can High Courts impose time-bound directives with daily penalties to address undue administrative delays in finalizing terminal service benefits?

Orissa High Court upholds exercise of writ jurisdiction to direct decision on pension representations within four weeks and imposes monetary

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Does Article 350 of the Constitution mandate time-bound disposal of administrative representations and empower courts to enforce it?

High Court reaffirms prompt grievance redressal under Article 350; issues mandamus for six-week decision and personal penal costs for delay

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can retrospective pay-scale revisions be granted per a coordinate-bench Orissa High Court judgment?

The Orissa High Court affirms application of its earlier decision in Chittaranjan Das, directing time-bound consideration of pay-scale revision representations

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a Writ Petition Be Withdrawn at Any Stage and Dismissed as Withdrawn by the High Court?

Affirming that a petitioner’s prayer for withdrawal during hearing leads to dismissal without merits adjudication; binding on subordinate courts in

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Does extraneous blood pressure testing violate recruitment rules when not prescribed in advertisement or statutory provisions?

The Orissa High Court upholds strict adherence to Rule 8’s physical standards, declaring unprescribed BP measurement arbitrary, and affirms binding

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a High Court Entertain a Writ Against an Eviction Notice When a Statutory Appeal Exists and the Notice Is Formally Defective?

Court Declines Writ, Treats Defective Notice as Prescribed Form Kha, and Directs Time-Bound Appeal with Interim Protection   Summary Category

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a High Court Grant Withdrawal of a Writ Petition with Liberty to Refile?

Orissa High Court affirms discretionary power under Article 226 to allow petitioners to withdraw and refile with better particulars  

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Does Failure to Decide a Citizen’s Representation Within a Reasonable Time Under Article 350 Warrant Judicial Intervention and Penal Costs?

The Orissa High Court reaffirms the constitutional mandate under Article 350, directing time-bound disposal of grievances with personal penal cost

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a Dean & Principal Validly Issue a Stigmatic Termination of a Contractual Medical Faculty under Odisha’s H&FW Guidelines, or Does Exclusive Power Vest with the State Government with Article 311(2) Safeguards?

Does the Orissa High Court reaffirm that disciplinary (stigmatic) termination of a contractual assistant professor requires compliance with Article 311(2)

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court

Can a Long-Serving Temporary Appointment Against a Sanctioned Post Be Regularized Under the Uma Devi Exception Despite Procedural Irregularities?

The Orissa High Court reaffirms the Uma Devi (3) exception, directing fresh consideration of a 24-year Assistant Revenue Inspector’s regularization

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August 19, 2025 | Orissa High Court