IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
B.R.SARANGI, B.P.SATAPATHY, JJ.
Gannor Dunkerley & Co. Ltd. – Petitioner
Versus
State of Odisha and others - Opposite Parties
W.P. (C) No. 25034 of 2022
Decided On : 06-02-2023
| Table of Content |
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| 1. introduction to the case (Para 1) |
| 2. hearing of counsel for parties (Para 2) |
| 3. issue is analogous to another case (Para 3) |
| 4. writ petition dismissed based on earlier judgment (Para 4) |
Order :
This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.
2. Heard Mr. S.R. Mohanty, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. A.K. Parija, learned Advocate General.
3. It is agreed by learned counsel for the parties that the issue involved in this Writ Petition is analogous to W.P.(C) No. 35081 of 2022 (Gannon Dunkerly & Co. Ltd., New Delhi V. State of Odisha and Another), which has been dismissed by this Court, vide judgment passed today (06.02.2023).
4. Therefore, in view of the detailed reasons stated in the judgment dated 06.02.2023 passed by this Court in W.P.(C) No. 35081 of 2022 (Gannon Dunkerly & Co. Ltd., New Delhi V. State of Odisha and Another), this writ petition stands dismissed in terms of the said judgment.
Judicial consistency mandates that analogous cases be decided similarly to uphold legal principles and avoid conflicting judgments.
The court upheld that the current Writ Petitions are governed by the earlier judgment, establishing precedence in similar matters.
Writ petition dismissed as infructuous due to prior court order resolving the matter.
Writ petitions dismissed following binding Full Bench decision denying notional increments and pension revision for service break periods.
Writ petition closed based on prior court order; no further directions required.
The principle of res judicata applies, barring subsequent similar writ petitions when a prior similar order has become final.
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