ITEM NO.16 COURT NO.14 SECTION PIL-W S U P R E M E C O U R T O F I N D I A RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS Miscellaneous Application No.18/2025 in W.P.(C) No.114/2014 [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 02-08-2017 in W.P.(C) No.114/2014 passed by the Supreme Court of India]

COMMON CAUSE Petitioner VERSUS UNION OF INDIA & ORS. Respondents [1) I.A. NO.42571/2023 (APPLICATION FOR DIRECTIONS ON BEHALF OF PETITIONER); 2) I.A. NO.123732/2023 IN I.A. NO.42571/2023 (APPLICATION FOR RECTIFICATION ON BEHALF OF STATE OF ODISHA) “ONLY” LISTED NAMES OF THE FOLLOWING ADVOCATES MAY BE TREATED TO HAVE BEEN SHOWN IN THE LIST MR. HARISH N. SALVE, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.), MS. APARAJITA SINGH, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.), MR. A.D.N. RAO, SR. ADVOCATE (A.C.), MR. SIDDHARTHA CHOWDHURY, ADVOCATE (A.C.), MR. PRASHANT BHUSHAN, MR. GURMEET SINGH MAKKER AND MS. KIRTI R. MISHRA, ADVOCATES]

Date : 11-02-2025 This petition was called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE DIPANKAR DATTA HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANMOHAN For Petitioner(s) By Courts Motion, AOR Mr. Prashant Bhushan, AOR Ms. Neha Rathi, Adv.

Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, Adv.

For Respondent(s) Mr. Gaurav Kejriwal, AOR Mr. Sunil Dogra, Adv.

Mr. Vivek Vishnoi, Adv.

Mr. Abhishek Sharma, AOR Signa ture No t Ve rifi ed Digita lly s ign ed b y M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR ARJUN BISHT Date: 2025.02.14

17:04:26 IST Reason:

Mr. Ramendra Mohan Patnaik, AOR Mr. Himinder Lal, AOR Mr. Mukesh Kumar Maroria, AOR M/S. Karanjawala & Co., AOR Mr. Mukul Kumar, AOR Mr. Balaji Srinivasan, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Mr. Raj Kumar Mehta, AOR Mr. Shibashish Misra, AOR Mr. B. Krishna Prasad, AOR Mr. Rameshwar Prasad Goyal, AOR Mr. Sunil Kumar Jain, AOR Ms. Movita, AOR Mr. E. C. Agrawala, AOR M/S. Aura & Co., AOR Mr. Tushar Mehta, Solicitor General Mrs. Kirti Renu Mishra, AOR Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Mr. Tejaswi Kumar Pradhan, AOR Mr. Manoranjan Paikaray, Adv.

Mr. Devendra Singh Kushwaha, Adv.

Ms. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mr. Gurmeet Singh Makker, AOR Ms. Saudamini Sharma, Adv. Mr. Chinmyee Chandra, Adv.

Mr. Tarkeshwar Nath, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv. Mr. Gaurav Khanna, AOR Mr. Dhananjaya Mishra, AOR Mr. Shovan Mishra, AOR Ms. Bipasa Tripathy, Adv.

Mr. Lakshmi Raman Singh, AOR Mr. Preshit Vilas Surshe, AOR Mr. Naveen Kumar, AOR Mr. Hitendra Nath Rath, AOR M/S. Aura & Co., AOR Mr. Sandeep Devashish Das, AOR M/S. Khaitan & Co., AOR Mr. Vikramjeet Banerjee, A.S.G.

Mrs. Aishwarya Bhati, A.S.G.

Mr. Apoorv Kurup, Adv.

Mr. K. V. Sreemuthin, Adv.

Mr. Rajesh Singh Chauhan, Adv.

Ms. Priyadarshini Priya, Adv.

Mr. Atulesh Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Rajeeva Ranjan Rajesh, Adv.

Mr. Rajat Nair, Adv.

Ms. Suhasini Sen, Adv.

Mrs. Chitrangda Rastravara, Adv.

Mr. Satya Jha, Adv.

Mr. Shreekant Neelappa Terdal, AOR Mr. N. Visakamurthy (AOR), Adv.

Mr. A.D.N. Rao, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Siddhartha Chowdhury, AOR Mr. Ronak Karanpuria, AOR Mr. Prashant Singh, AOR Mrs. Prerna Dhall, Adv.

Ms. Karishma Rajput, Adv.

Ms. Akansha Singh, Adv.

Mr. Nagendra Kasana, AOR Mr. Shrey Kapoor, AOR For Applicant(s) Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. Gaurav Prakash Pathak, Adv.

Mr. Nishant Kumar, Adv.

Mr. Ashok Panigrahi, Sr. Adv.

Mr. R. Chandrachud, Adv.

Ms. Geetanjali Das Krishnan, Adv.

Mr. Surajit Bhadhuri, Adv.

Mr. D. Venkata Krishna, Adv.

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following

O R D E R

1. The afÏdavit filed by the Additional Secretary, Department of Steel & Mines, Government of Odisha dated 22^nd January, 2025, in purported compliance with our earlier order dated 28^th November, 2024, avers in paragraph 3 that as on 20^th January, 2025, the total outstanding dues is Rs.2721.65 crore and the interest being still higher, is Rs.3506.68 crore.

2. Responding to our query, learned counsel appearing for the State submits that various proceedings in litigation are pending before the relevant forum as well as proceedings under the Odisha Public Demands Recovery Act, 1962 before the relevant certificate ofÏcer. Reference in this connection is made to the earlier afÏdavit dated 07th February, 2024 filed by