JUDGMENT :

B.R. Sarangi, J.

The petitioner, while working as Attendant (Class-IV) under the Medical Officer, Community Health Centre, Bankoi, Khurda, has filed this writ petition seeking to quash the letter dated 29.11.2013 under Annexure-6 issued by Finance Department, Government of Odisha, clarifying the applicability of New Pension Scheme in case of contractual employees appointed prior to 01.01.2005 and brought over to regular establishment after that date; as well as order no.3331 dated 12.01.2015 under Annexure-7 issued by the office of opposite party no.3-Principal Accountant General (A&E), Odisha cancelling the GPF accounts numbers in respect of those employees working on contractual basis prior to 01.01.2005 and regularized after 01.01.2005 and directing to stop GPF deduction of such employees and forward the concerned FP application for settlement; and further to issue direction to the opposite parties to deduct the GPF from his salary as per OCS (Pension) Rules, 1992 and G.P.F. (Orissa) Rules, 1938 and not to cancel the GPF account number allotted in his favour.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that the petitioner was initially engaged as Attendant (Class-IV)