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Orissa Service Code

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RAMESH CHANDRA ACHARYAversusREGISTRAR, HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AND ANR.

2000 INSC 332Dismissed

The petitioner, a judicial officer, challenged a decision that he be compulsorily retired at the age of 58 under Rule 71(a‑1) of the Orissa Service Code. He argued that the Supreme Court had raised the superannuation age for judges to 60 years and that the rule was inconsistent with the All India …

STATE OF ORISSA AND ORS.versusRAM CHANDRA DAS

1996 INSC 643Appeal(s) allowed

Ram Chandra Das, an Assistant Conservator of Forests, was compulsorily retired under Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Service Code. He challenged the retirement before the Orissa Administrative Tribunal, which set aside the retirement on three grounds: that he had crossed the efficiency bar, that his …

NARASINGH PATNAIKversusSTATE OF ORISSA

1996 INSC 467Appeal(s) allowed

N. Patnaik, a senior engineer in the Orissa Irrigation Department, was compulsorily retired in 1986 under Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Service Code on the recommendation of a Review Committee that cited adverse entries in his confidential reports and several pending investigations. Patnaik challenged …

STATE OF ORISSA AND ORS.versusARNAB KUMAR DUTTA

1996 INSC 126Appeal(s) allowed

The State of Orissa appealed against an Orissa Administrative Tribunal order that a draughtsman be retained in service up to the age of 60. The central question was whether a draughtsman qualifies as a "workman" under the second proviso to Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Service Code, which would entitle …

STATE OF ORISSA AND ORS.versusADWAIT CHARAN MOHANTY ETC. ETC.

1995 INSC 78Appeal(s) allowed

The respondents, who were Class III government servants in Orissa, reached the statutory retirement age of 58 and claimed that, as "workmen" under the second proviso to Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Service Code, they were entitled to remain in service until the age of 60. The Orissa Administrative …

S. RAMACHANDRA RAJUversusSTATE OF ORISSA

1994 INSC 345

The appellant, a lecturer appointed in 1965, received a solitary adverse confidential report for the academic year 1987‑88, which he claimed was made in mala‑fide by the principal. He sought to have the remarks expunged, was promoted to Reader in 1991, but was compulsorily retired on 28 May 1991 …

BAIKUNTHA NATH DAS AND ANR.versusCHIEF DISTT. MEDICAL OFFICER, BARIPADA AND ANR.

1992 INSC 51Dismissed

Baikuntha Nath Das, a pharmacist appointed in 1951, was compulsorily retired in 1976 under the first proviso to Rule 71(a) of the Orissa Service Code, which corresponds to Fundamental Rule 56(j). He challenged the order, alleging that adverse remarks in his confidential character rolls were never …

BAIDYANATH MAHAPATRAversusSTATE OF ORISSA & ANR.

1989 INSC 238Appeal(s) allowed

Baidyanath Mahapatra, a senior electrical engineer of the Orissa Government, was prematurely retired in 1983 under Rule 71(1)(a) of the Orissa Service Code based on a Review Committee's recommendation that relied on adverse entries in his service record, many of which were old, some communicated …