JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

1. By means of this Writ Petition, filed at the instance of the State and its functionaries, prayer has been made to quash the Order dated 19.02.2015 passed in O.A. No. 1415 of 2011, at Annexure-4, whereby the Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Bhubaneswar, has directed the State-Petitioners to sanction normal annual increments of Opposite Party No. 1 during the period of his suspension and accordingly revise his pay under Odisha Revised Scale of Pay Rules, 2008 (for short “ORSP Rules 2008”) and pay all his differential arrears within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of the Order.

2. The factual matrix of the case, in brief, is that Opposite Party No. 1, while working as Junior Clerk in the Sub-Treasury, Bisoi, in the District of Mayurbhanj, a Vigilance Case was initiated against him for taking illegal gratification as he was caught red handed. On the basis of communication made by the Vigilance Department, he was placed under suspension. As a consequence thereof, an Enquiry Officer was appointed to cause inquiry into the charges levelled against him on the allegation of misconduct and harassment to the pensioners for extracting illeg