2024 INSC 954
Special Leave Petition (Civil) No. 27549/2024 Page 1 of 14
NON-REPORTABLE
IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA CIVIL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CIVIL APPEAL NO.14132 OF 2024 (Arising out of SLP (C) No. 27549 of 2024)
STATE OF ODISHA & ORS. …APPELLANTS
VERSUS
DILIP KUMAR MOHAPATRA …RESPONDENT
J U D G M E N T
MANOJ MISRA, J.
1. Leave granted.
2. By an office order dated 23.04.2001 issued by the
Director of Teacher Education & SCERT, Bhubaneswar,
Orissa1, the first respondent was engaged as Computer
Technician at the College of Teacher Education, Balasore2.
The terms of his engagement were as follows:
1 The Director 2 The College
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“………is engaged as Computer Technician at
College of Teacher Education, Balasore in the scale of Rs. 5500-9000 with usual DA/ADA as
admissible from time to time for a period of one year or till the post is filled up on a regular basis, whichever is earlier, with effect from the date he
joins his assignment.
This is purely temporary assignment to help operate the computer system available to the
college under UGC Development grant.”
3. Pursuant to the order of engagement, the first
respondent joined the offic...