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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD, CHITTARANJAN DASH
Odisha Public Service Commission, Cuttack – Appellant
Versus
Sanjay Kumar Panda – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Chittaranjan Dash, J
1. These two Writ Appeals are taken up together as they arise out of a common judgment dated 23.02.2024 passed by the learned Single Judge in W.P.(C) No. 24199 of 2022 and W.P.(C) No. 24195 of 2022, which were heard analogously and disposed of by a common order. The Odisha Public Service Commission (hereinafter referred to as “OPSC”), through its officials being the Appellants herein, lay a challenge to the said judgment whereby the learned Single Judge, while allowing the writ petitions, directed the Appellants to recommend the names of the writ petitioners for appointment to the post of Dental Surgeon (Group-A), Junior, Odisha Medical Service (Dental) Cadre pursuant to Advertisement dated 17.03.2018, within a period of two months from the date of communication of the judgment.
2. The factual matrix of the case giving rise to the present Writ Appeals is that on the basis of a requisition issued by the Health and Family Welfare Department, the OPSC issued Advertisement No. 15 of 2017-18 dated 17.03.2018 inviting online applications for recruitment to 198 posts of Dental Surgeon (Group-A), Junior in the Odisha Medical Service (Dental) Cadre under the Hea
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