Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 13-Jan-2026 11:04:35

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

FAO No. 384 of 2023

(An appeal under Section 30 of the Employees’ Compensation Act,

1923.)

Branch Manager, M/s. National …. Appellant(s)

Insurance Co. Ltd., Cuttack

-versus-

Litu Naik @ Manoranjan Naik & …. Respondent(s)

Ors.

Advocates appeared in the case through Hybrid Mode:

For Appellant(s) : Mr. Pramod Kumar Tripathy, Adv. For Respondent(s) : Mr. Amitav Tripathy, Adv.

Mr. Ashok Kumar Behera, Adv

CORAM:

DR. JUSTICE SANJEEB K PANIGRAHI

DATE OF HEARING:-03.12.2025

DATE OF JUDGMENT:-24.12.2025

Dr. Sanjeeb K Panigrahi, J.

1. The appellant in the present appeal assails the judgment dated

18.05.2023 passed in E.C. Case No. 07 of 2012 by the learned Commissioner for Employees’ Compensation-cum-Deputy Labour

Commissioner, Berhampur, Ganjam. I. FACTUAL MATRIX OF THE CASE

2. The brief facts of the case are as follows as culled out from the records

and oral submissions:

Location: ORISSA HIGH COURT, CUTTACK

Date: 13-Jan-2026 11:04:35 (i) The respondent no.1 being the applicant before the court below sustained injuries in an accident which occurred on 18.10.2010 while he was working as a labourer under Respondent N