Rasananda Mohakud vs. State Of Odisha
Facts
The petitioner, Rasananda Mohakud, filed a writ petition (W.P.(C) No.8461 of 2021) before the High Court of Orissa at Cuttack. The petition is against the State of Odisha and others. The judgment indicates that the issues in this writ petition are connected and common to another writ petition, W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020. Consequently, the present writ petition is disposed of in terms of the judgment rendered in W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020 on the same date, 7th June, 2021. Due to ongoing COVID-19 restrictions, parties were permitted to use printouts of the order from the High Court's website as equivalent to certified copies, subject to attestation.
Held
The Court held that since the issues in W.P.(C) No.8461 of 2021 were connected and common to W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020, the present writ petition should be disposed of in terms of the judgment previously rendered in W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020 on 7th June, 2021. The reasoning is based on the principle of judicial economy and consistency, avoiding re-adjudication of identical matters. The operative direction is to dispose of the writ petition in line with the aforementioned judgment. No specific findings on the merits of the petitioner's case in W.P.(C) No.8461 of 2021 were recorded, as the decision was derivative. The specific content of the judgment in W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020 is not detailed in this excerpt.
Key Issues
1. Whether the present writ petition (W.P.(C) No.8461 of 2021) should be disposed of in terms of the judgment passed in W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020, given the commonality of issues. The petitioner, through Mr. P.C. Nayak, Advocate, likely sought relief concerning the matters raised in their petition. The opposite parties, represented by Mr. P.K. Muduli, Advocate General, and Mr. Sunil Mishra, ASC, CT & GST, would have responded to the petitioner's claims. The judgment does not explicitly detail the arguments presented by each side in W.P.(C) No.8461 of 2021, but rather states that the decision is based on a prior, related judgment.
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ORDER Order No. 7th June, 2021 3. Since the issues here are connected and common to W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020, the writ petition is disposed of in terms of the judgment dated 7th June, 2021 rendered in W.P.(C) No.14924 of 2020. As the restrictions due to resurgence of COVID-19 situation are continuing, learned counsel for the parties may utilize a printout of the order available in the High Court’s website, at par with certified copy, subject to attestation by the concerned advocate, in the manner prescribed vide Court’s Notice No.4587, dated 25th March, 2020 as modified by Court’s Notice No.4798, dated 15th April, 2021. (B.P.Routray)
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