JUDGMENT :

B.R. SARANGI, J.

1. The State of Odisha and its functionaries, who were Opposite Parties No. 1 to 3 before the Tribunal, have filed this Writ Petition seeking to quash the Order dated 29.01.2018 passed by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack, in O.A. No. 2555(C) of 2001 under Annexure-3, by which the Tribunal has allowed the Original Application and directed the Authorities to regularize the service of Opposite Party No. 1 within a period of two months.

2. Though Opposite Party No. 1 has entered appearance through learned Advocates M/s H.P. Rath, A.K. Behera and R.P. Rath, but at the time of call none was present on his behalf. Even then, for the reasons to be recorded hereinafter, instead of giving another chance to Opposite Party No. 1, this Court proceeded to decided the matter on the basis of the materials available on record, after hearing learned Counsel appearing for the State- Petitioners.

3. The factual matrix of the case, as is revealed from the record, is that Opposite Party No. 1, who was Applicant in the O.A. , was selected and appointed as Junior Clerk until further orders in Government Secondary Training School (W), Puri, by the present P