Indrakhi Prasad Dash vs State of Odisha

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2025 Supreme(Ori) 773

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
CHITTARANJAN DASH
Indrakhi Prasad Dash – Appellant
Versus
State of Odisha – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
For the Petitioner:Mr. Md. Riaz, Advocate
For the Opp. Parties :Mr. G. Mukherji, Sr. Advocate, Assisted by Mr. S. Acharya, Ms. S. Pasayat, Adv.

Table of Content
1. background of the petition and grievance. (Para 3)
2. petitioner argues against necessity of sanction. (Para 4)
3. opposite parties argue in favor of the impugned order. (Para 5 , 6)
4. judicial precedents on protective measures for public servants. (Para 7)
5. further judicial insights on public servants' responsibilities. (Para 8)
6. criteria for determining official duty nexus. (Para 10)
7. court's view on the need for sanction. (Para 11)
8. dismissal of the petition by the court. (Para 12)

JUDGMENT :

1. Heard learned counsels for both the parties.

3. The background facts of the case are that the Petitioner, being the Complainant, initiated a complaint case before the learned S.D.J.M., Rayagada, registered as I.C.C. No.04 of 2018 against Opposite Party Nos.2 and 3. It was alleged that the Petitioner, acting as attorney on behalf of his client, visited the Office of the Tahasildar between 11.30 a.m. and 12.00 noon to ascertain the progress in Mutation Case No.0185 of 2017. According to the Petitioner, though he had filed his Vakalatnama in the said case, upon verification he discovered that the same was not available in the case record. When the grievance was brought to