IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.23009 of 2024

Union of India & others …. Petitioners

Mr. P. K. Parhi, DSGI

Mr. Satya Sindhu Kashyap, CGC

-versus-

Amiya Kanti Patnaik …. Opp. Party

Mr. Jagamohan Pattnaik, Advocate

CORAM:

JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD

JUSTICE CHITTA RANJAN DASH

ORDER

12.01.2026 Order No.

The Union Government & its officials are knocking

09.

at the doors of the Writ Court assailing impugned 05.03.2024 passed in O.A No. 260/402 of 2021 by the Central Administrative Tribunal, Cuttack Bench, Cuttack. The

operative portion of the said order reads as under:- “12. Thus, viewed from any angle, as discussed above, this Tribunal do not find any justification in keeping the recommendation of the DPC finding the applicant 'FIT' under deemed sealed cover when giving promotion to his juniors. Accordingly, the impugned order of rejection communicated vide F.No.C- 18011/31/2014-Ad.II dated 12th March, 2021 (A/5) is hereby quashed. Since the applicant has already been found 'FIT' by the DPC, the respondents are directed to promote the applicant to the post of Joint Commissioner of Central Excise and Customs with

effect from the date his junior was promoted vide order dated 31.12.2