Court Restores 2019 OFDC Interim Order

Authority: Biswanath Rath, J.

Order Date: 16 March 2021

Case Overview

• Petitioners (unnamed) filed an application; opposite party is Oil and Fertilizer Development Company (OFDC).
• The contract governing the petitioners was set to expire on 31 Mar 2021; on 23 Feb 2021, when the earlier matter was dismissed, the contract had not yet expired.
• The court, after hearing counsel R.K. Sarangi for the petitioners and senior counsel S.K. Pattnaik for OFDC, found the contract’s pending expiry material.
• Accordingly, the court decided to allow the present application, recalled its order dated 23 Feb 2021, and restored the interim order dated 25 Nov 2019 issued in I.A. No.16080 of 2019.

Final Outcome

• The 23 Feb 2021 order is set aside; the 25 Nov 2019 interim order is reinstated.
• An urgent certified copy of the restored order is to be issued.

Topics: Legal Order, Contract Expiry