- 9 December 2022. Issue notice.
- 28 February 2023. Despite due service on respondent nos.2 and 3, there is no appearance. Four weeks time, is granted to respondent no.1, to file counter affidavit.
- 20 October 2023. List after two weeks.
- 9 April 2024. Let the pleadings be exchanged between the parties. List on 30.07.2024.
- 30 July 2024. 1. There are twelve petitioner in this batch of matters. These persons have been working as Field Officer for a long time under a Scheme formulated by the State Government. In view of the fact that their services are availed for a very long time, we direct the learned counsel appearing for the State Government to take
- 27 August 2024. At the request of the learned counsel for the State of Orissa, time of three weeks is granted to file necessary affidavit. (INDU MARWAH) (NIDHI WASON) AR-cum-PS
- 1 October 2024. At the request of the learned counsel for the respondents, the matter stands adjourned by four weeks to take instructions. (INDU MARWAH) (NIDHI WASON) AR-cum-PS
- 10 February 2025. The matter stands adjourned by two weeks to enable the counsel for the petitioner(s) to file an affidavit indicating the nature of work that they perform and the post equivalent to that in the governmental service.
- 28 March 2025. At the request of the learned counsel for the respondent State, the matter is adjourned for two weeks to enable the learned counsel to obtain necessary instructions. (INDU MARWAH) (NIDHI WASON) AR-cum-PS
- 15 April 2025. List in the month of July, 2025. (INDU MARWAH) (NIDHI WASON) AR-cum-PS
- 16 July 2025. 1. At the request of the learned counsel for the respondent State, the matter is adjourned. 2. List on 25.07.2025.
- 25 July 2025. List after two weeks.
- 25 November 2025. 1. The State of Odisha shall file a detailed affidavit indicating the following : a) Nature of employment of the petitioners;
- 13 March 2026. 1. Learned counsel for the State seeks some time to take instructions as to whether the petitioners can be absorbed. 2. The requisite affidavit be filed within four weeks.
- 17 April 2026. List for final disposal on 12.05.2026.
- 12 May 2026. 1. Union of India in coordination with the State Government will take instructions and inform the Court about the absorption of the petitioners in any of the existing posts. 2. List on 28.07.2026.
- 4 August 2026. 1. The petitioners before us were initially engaged as Field Officers under the National Child Labour Project. 2. The learned Additional Solicitor General and learned counsel appearing for the State of Odisha shall file a joint affidavit if these petitioners could not be absorbed either in the Central Government or in
- 18 August 2026. 1. Delay condoned. 2. The High Court, by the impugned order dated 24.06.2022, has allowed the writ petition and clarified that there cannot be a direction for absorbing the petitioner(s) into service as the scheme under which petitioners were appointed, was a temporary scheme.
- Counsel named on these orders, not a complete vakalatnama, include the advocates listed below.
Advocates — Appellants: Mr. Somanatha Padhan, Mr. Ashok Anand, Mr. Rakesh Kr. Singh, Mr. Akash Kakade, Mr. Ajay Gupta, Mr. Mukul Dev Mishra, Ms. Sujata Kumari, Mrs. Sujata Kumari Muni, Mr. Swetab Kumar, Mr. Pawan Kaushik, Mr. Rajesh Kumar, Mr. Satya Kam Sharma Advocates — Respondents: Mr. Shubhranshu Padhi, Mr. Vishal Banshal, Ms. Rajeshawari Shankar, Mr. Subhasish Mohanty, Mr. Suvendu Suvasis Dash, Ms. Swati Vaibhav, Ms. Shruti Vaibhav, Mr. Himanshu Yadav, Mr. Anmol Chandan, Mr. Purnendu Bajpai, Mr. Vaishali Verma, Mr. B.K. Satija
