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2025 Supreme(SC) 1033

J. K. MAHESHWARI, ARAVIND KUMAR
State of Odisha – Appellant
Versus
Jita Luha – Respondent


Advocates appeared:
For the Petitioner(s):Mr. Som Raj Choudhury, AOR Mr. Prakash Ranjan Nayak, AOR Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Adv. General Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR Mr. Navneet Dogra, Adv. Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Advocate General Mr. Rohit Amit Sthalekar, AOR Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Adv. Mr. Shashank Singh, Adv. Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, AOR Mr. Niranjan Sahu, AOR Ms. Shivangi Gupta, Adv. Ms. Mallika Yadav, Adv. Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv. Mr. Kiran Kumar Patra, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, AOR Mr. Milind Kumar, AOR Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Adv. General Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, AOR Mr. Jay Nirupam, Adv. Mr. D. Girish Kumar, Adv. Mr. Pranav Giri, Adv. Mr. Ekansh Sisodia, Adv. Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Adv.General Mr. Ankit Agarwal, AOR Mr. Koustubh Desai, Adv. Mr. Pitambara Acharaya Ag, Sr. Adv. Mr. Pitambara Acharya, Sr. Adv. Mr. Ramendra Mohan Patnaik, AOR Mr. Debabarta Dash, Adv. Mr. Debabrata Dash, Adv. Ms. Apoorva Sharma, Adv. Mr. Jogy Scaria, AOR Mr. Pitamber Acharya, Advocate General Mr. Joby P. Varghese, AOR Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, AOR Mr. Pitambar Acharya, Advocate General Mr. Anjuman Tripathy, AOR Mr. Chandra Vardhan Singh, Adv. Ms. Sharmila Upadhyay, AOR Mr. Srisatya Mohanty , AOR Ms. Samapika Biswal, AOR Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Mr. Prasenjeet Mohapatra, AOR
For the Respondent(s): Ms. Babita Khushwaha, Adv. Ms. Vernika Tomar, AOR Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, AOR Mr. Sanjeev Kumar, AOR Mr. A.k.de, Adv. Mrs. Ananya De, Adv. Mr. Pramit Saxena, AOR Ms. Chandni Sharma, Adv. Mr. Rabin Majumder, AOR Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, AOR Ms. Deepanwita Priyanka, AOR Mr. Aldanish Rein, AOR Mr. Dipak Kumar Jena, AOR Mr. Prasanna Kumar Parhi, Adv. Mr. Pramod Kumar, Adv. Ms. Smita Kumari, Adv. Mr. Pradeep Kumar Verma, Adv. Mr. Raj Shekhar Jena, Adv. Mr. Sandip Munian, Adv. Mr. Ashutosh Singhdeo, Adv. Mr. Kush Chaturvedi, AOR Ms. Harshita Choubey, Adv. Mr. Siddhartha Iyer, AOR Ms. Diksha Rai, AOR Ms. Purvat Wali, Adv. Mr. Piyush Vyas, Adv. Ms. Atiga Singh, Adv. Mr. Ashok Kumar Panda, Sr. Adv. Mr. Shashwat Panda, Adv. Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, AOR Mr. Devendra Singh Kushwaha, Adv. Mr. Praveen Agrawal, AOR Mr. Nagarkatti Kartik Uday, AOR Mr. Anshuman Siddharth Nayak, AOR Mr. Devesh Pratap Singh, Adv. Mr. Rahul Kulhare, Adv. Mr. Krishna Mourya, Adv. Ms. Mahika Malik, Adv. Ms. Mohini Priya, AOR Mr. Chandra Bhushan Prasad, AOR Mr. Udayaditya Banerjee, AOR Mr. S. K. Verma, AOR Mr. Arindam Mukherjee, Adv. Ms. Gargi Tuli, Adv. Mr. Janmejay Verma, Adv. Ms. Ananya Verma, Adv. Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shishir Pinaki, AOR Ms. Vandana Kaushal, AOR Mr. Suchit Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Samarth Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Vishal Arun, AOR Mr. Kedar Nath Tripathy, AOR Mr. Aditya Narayan Tripathy, Adv. Ms. Rohini Wagh, AOR Mr. Amit Kumar Singh, AOR Ms. K Enatoli Sema, Adv. Ms. Chubalemla Chang, Adv. Mr. Prang Newmai, Adv. Mr. Apoorva Bhumesh, AOR Ms. Madhavi Khare, Adv. Mr. S.k. Patri, Adv. Mr. Raveesh Kumar Tripathi, Adv. Mr. Ram Bhadauria, Adv. Mr. Lokesh Raghav, Adv. Mr. Robin Khokhar, AOR Mr. Dhananjai Jain, AOR Ms. Ankita Sarangi, AOR Mr. Abinash Acharya, Adv. Mr. Kumar Abhishek, Adv. Mr. Sravan Kumar Karanam, AOR Mr. Haraprasad Sahu, Adv. Mrs. Anita Sahu, Adv. Mr. Rohit Kumar Rana, Adv. Mr. Pranaya Kumar Mohapatra, AOR Ms. Renuka Sahu, AOR Mr. Shivam Singh, Adv. Ms. Bharti Tyagi, AOR Mr. V. K. Monga, AOR Mr. Sanjay K Das, Adv. Mr. Swetaketu Mishra, Adv. Ms. Gouri Monga, Adv. Mr. F. I. Choudhury, AOR Mr. Atul Kumar, Adv. Mr. Karunakar Rath, Adv. Mr. Abhimanyu Sharma, Adv. Ms. Deepali, Adv. Mr. Amit Gupta, Adv. Mr. Rahul Thukral, Adv. Mr. Tarun Gupta, AOR Mr. D. Abhinav Rao, AOR Mr. Abhisek Das, Adv. Ms. Megha Shaw, Adv. Mr. Raghav Bherwani, Adv. Mr. Somanatha Padhan, AOR Mr. Kumar Gaurav, Adv. Mr. Patta Arun Kumar, Adv. Mr. Duvvada Ramesh, Adv. Ms. Kristen Sleeth, Adv. Mr. Tom Joseph, AOR Ms. Arya Krishnan, Adv. Mr. Prashant Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Anugraha Sabu, Adv. Mr. B. Ravindra Kumar, Adv. Mr. Shamik Shirishbhai Sanjanwala, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Sethi, Adv. Ms. Sheetal Patil, Adv. Mr. Kailas Bajirao Autade, AOR Ms. Soumya Priyadarshinee, AOR Mr. Amit Srivastava, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar Bharadwaj, Adv. Mr. Suresh Chandra Tripathy, AOR Mr. Syed Mehdi Imam, AOR Mr. Anirudh Sanganeria, AOR Mr. Sushanta Kumar Mishra, Adv. Mr. Ranjit Samal, Adv. Mr. Ami Kumar Saa, Adv. Mr. Mohit Agarwal, Adv. Mr. Rizwan Ahmad, AOR Mr. Merusagar Samantaray, AOR Ms. Ayushi Upadhyay, Adv. Mr. Jaydip Pati, AOR Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Snehasish Mukherjee, Adv. Mr. Shaffi Mather, Adv. Mr. Suraj Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Suman Tripathy, AOR Ms. Shruti Mishra, Adv. Mr. Sougat Mishra, Adv. Ms. Nitika Duhan, Adv. Mr. Vipul Kumar, AOR Mr. Guntur Pramod Kumar, AOR Mr. Prasanna S., AOR Mr. Gautam Das, AOR Mr. Gautama Das, Adv. Mr. Abanikanta Sahu, Adv. Mr. Shivam Kumar, Adv. Mr. Tarunkant Samantaray, Adv. Mr. R.k.padhi, Adv. Ms. Vandana Miglani, Adv. Ms. Santosh Kumar Bebarta, Adv. Ms. Smita Samantaray, Adv. Mrs. Monika Chauhan, Adv. Mr. Divyesh Pratap Singh, AOR Ms. Srishti Agnihotri, AOR

Table of Content
1. application process under rehabilitation rules. (Para 2)
2. comparative analysis of old and new rules. (Para 4 , 5)
3. irrelevance of retrospective claim for appointments. (Para 6)
4. updated amendments governing rehabilitation applications. (Para 8)
5. disposal of appeals with specific directives. (Para 12)

JUDGMENT :

J.K. MAHESWARI, J.

1. Leave granted.

2. The present batch of appeals is in connection with grant of appointment under the Odisha Civil Services Rehabilitation Assistance Rules prevalent in the state, and against an order dated 27.06.2023. The High Court of Orissa, Cuttack by the impugned judgment vide paragraphs 84, 85, 86 and 87 directed as under: -

    “84. In view of the above decision, we are of the view that the application for the petitioners shall be considered under the Odisha Civil Services (Rehabilitation Assistance) Rules, 1990 in as much as on scrutiny, it is found that all the applications were filed before 17.02.2020 and the delay in considering the applications in time is entirely attributable to the opposite parties. Such exercise shall be completed within a period of three months from the day when a copy of the judgment/order shall be placed be

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