Advocates:
['A G A', 'M/S RAJJEET ROY', 'S K SINGH', 'S SOURAV']

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W. A. No.694 of 2019

State of Odisha and others

….

Appellants

Mr. P. K. Muduli, Additional Government Advocate

-versus-

Kartik Chandra Behera

….

Respondent

Mr. Rajeet Roy, Advocate

CORAM:

THE CHIEF JUSTICE

JUSTICE A. K. MOHAPATRA

Order No.

ORDER

10.11.2021

Dr. S. Muralidhar, CJ.

06.

I.A. No.1092 of 2019

1. For the reasons stated therein this application for condonation of

delay of 164 days in filing the appeal is allowed and the delay in

filing the appeal is condoned.

W.A. No.694 of 2019

2. The present appeal by the State of Odisha through the Health &

Family Welfare Department (HFWD) and the Director, National

Rural Health Mission (NRHM), Odisha, is directed against a

judgment dated 23^rd July, 2019 of the learned Single Judge allowing

W.P. (C) No.26867 of 2013 filed by the Respondent herein directing

the present Appellants to re-engage the Respondent as Laboratory

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Technician (LT) against the vacant post of Rural Child Health-II

(RCH-II) under the NRHM Programm