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INDIRA BANERJEE, C. T. RAVIKUMAR
Arjun Murmu – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
C.T. RAVIKUMAR, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. These Appeals are filed against the final judgment and order dated 14.07.2021, passed by the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack in I.A. No. 1000 of 2021 in Writ Appeal (W.A.) No. 612 of 2020. The Appeal arising from SLP(C) No. 14996 of 2021 is filed by the Appellant in W.A. No. 612 of 2020 and he is Respondent No. 7 in the Appeal arising from SLP(C) No. 17933 of 2021 filed by third parties to the stated interlocutory application and also the stated Writ Appeal. As a matter of fact, the Appellants in the Appeal arising from SLP(C) No. 17933 of 2021 are not parties even to Writ Petition No. 24191 of 2020 and the interim order passed in I.A. No. 10848 of 2020 thereon dated 24.09.2020 led to the filing of W.A. No. 612 of 2020. The party Respondents in W.P. (C) No. 24191 of 2020 are Respondent Nos. 5 and 6 in both the Appeals. For the sake of convenience, the parties are referred to hereinafter in this judgment in accordance with their rank and status in the latter Appeal arising from SLP(C) No. 17933 of 2021 as all the parties in the former Appeals are arrayed as Respondents therein, unless otherwise specifically mentioned. All the private p
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