JUDGMENT :

S.K. Sahoo, J.

This is an appeal under section 13 of the Odisha Protection of Interests of Depositors (In Financial Establishments) Act, 2011 (hereafter ‘OPID Act’) filed by the appellants challenging the impugned order dated 21.03.2017 passed by the learned Presiding Officer, Designated Court (OPID Act), Cuttack in Interim Application No.03 of 2016 in rejecting the petition dated 27.12.2016 filed by the appellants to recall P.W.1 Bibhuti Bhusan Das for cross-examination.

2. It appears that the appellants are the opp. parties in the Interim Application No. 03 of 2016 in which State of Odisha represented through Additional District Magistrate-cum- Competent Authority, Cuttack is the applicant/petitioner. On 17.12.2016 P.W.1 Bibhuti Bhusan Das was present in the Designated Court to give his evidence on behalf of the applicant/petitioner State of Orissa and since the appellants could not take any steps at that point of time, they were set exparte. P.W.1 was examined in chief and some exhibits were also marked on behalf of the applicant and the case was adjourned to another date for hearing. Subsequently at a later stage on the same day, the advocate for the appellants filed ap