JUDGMENT

S.N.PRASAD, J. - The State of Orissa and its functionaries being aggrieved with the order dated 17.1.2013 passed by the learned Orissa Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack in O.A. No. 384(C) of 2012 are before this Court by way of this writ petition, whereby and whereunder the order of dismissal of the sole opposite party has been quashed with a liberty to the disciplinary authority to initiate appropriate disciplinary proceeding against the applicant-sole opposite party and finalize the same as per law, rules and executive orders in vogue within a reasonable period.

2. The brief fact of the case is that the sole opposite party filed an original application before the learned Orissa Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack being O.A. No. 384(C) of 2012 challenging the order passed by the Director General and Inspector General of Police, Odisha, Cuttack by which he has been dismissed from service in exercise of the powers conferred under Article 311 (2)(b) of the Constitution of India. His dismissal of service was based on the allegation of inaction in the matter of dealing with the case of atrocity on an 18 years old girl of village Arjunagoda under Pipi