The State Of Odisha vs. K. Mohan Rao

COURT NO.9

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CIVIL) Diary No(s). 31321/2023

(Arising out of impugned judgment and order dated 26-07-2022 in WP(C) No. 12407/2020 passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack)

THE STATE OF ODISHA & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

DAMODAR PANDA

Respondent(s)

(FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.179072/2023-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.179073/2023-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE <pre>IMPUGNED JUDGMENT)</pre>

Date: 06-10-2023 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE HRISHIKESH ROY HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KAROL

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Mr. Biswajit Kumar Patra, Adv. Mr. Chandrashekhar Padhi, Adv. Mr. Chandan Maity, Adv. Mr. Surya Janta Parhi, Adv.

For Respondent(s)

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would submit that when the High Court entertained and admitted the writ petition on 02.08.2019 and stayed the order of the Tribunal and posted the writ petition for hearing, the High Court should not have dismissed the very same writ petition under the impugned order on the ground of delay and latches. It is the stamission of the counsel that if there was any delay, the same would stand condone by the unconditional admission of the writ

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petition by the High Court on 02.08.2019.

Issue notice on the application of condonation of delay as well as on the Special Leave Petition.

Tag with SLP (Civil) Diary No. 7871 of 2023.

(NITIN TALREJA) (KAMLESH RAWAT)

COURT MASTER (SH) ASSISTANT REGISTRAR