Authority: High Court of Odisha at Cuttack
Order Date: 17 July 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioner: Prasanta Kumar Jena, represented by Adv. Gokulananda Padhi.
- Opposite Party: Anurag Gupta, Chief Executive, Food Corporation of India, New Delhi, represented by Adv. A.K. Mohanty, S.P. Tripathy, V.R. Behera, S.S. Ojha, S. Das and Mr. S.K. Parhi, ASC.
- Contempt No.639 of 2026 was taken up in hybrid (virtual/physical) mode.
- The contempt petition stemmed from an order dated 27 June 2022 in W.P.(C) No.11699 of 2022 directing the opposite party to consider the petitioner’s representation dated 21 March 2022.
- The opposite party complied by issuing a speaking and reasoned order on 6 September 2022.
- Counsel for the opposite party submitted that the compliance had been effected and requested the court to provide a copy of the order to the petitioner’s counsel.
Final Outcome
- The Court, having noted the compliance, dropped the contempt proceeding.
- The petitioner was granted liberty to approach the Court again by filing a fresh writ application if aggrieved by the September 2022 order.
Topics: Legal, Contempt