The Division Bench of the Orissa High Court, comprising Justices Dr. Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Biraja Prasanna Satapathy in the case of Pramod Kumar Pradhan & Ors. v. Principal Secretary & Ors has directed to stop the salary of Collector and District Magistrate and two other senior Government Officials in the case where compensation was not paid from past 60 years.
Reasoning and Decision of the Court
The Court was acquainted with the facts by the petitioner that the land of petitioner had been acquired in the year 1961 and till date compensation amount has not been paid.
The Court took serious view on the case and ordered for the physical appearance of the Collector. The Court was informed that the Collector is suffering from illness and therefore he could not appear.
The Court was not convinced by the stand of the Respondents and directed that “till payment of compensation to the petitioners is made for the land acquired by the State Government, the salary of Collector and District Magistrate, Angul, Land Acquisition Officer, Angul and Chief Development Officer-cum-Executive Officer, Zilla Parishad, Angul shall not be released in their favour.”
The Court further instructed that only on payment of compensation, if any application is filed that the petitioners have been paid their compensation, then release of salary of the concerned officers shall be considered by this Court.
Case Details
Case:- W.P (C) No. 28354 of 2013
Petitioner:- Pramod Kumar Pradhan & Ors.
Respondent:- Principal Secretary, Water Resources Department, Bhubaneswar and others
Counsel for the Petitioner – Mr. S.J. Nanda
Counsel for the Respondent - Mr. J.P. Pattnaik
Judge: Justices Dr. Bidyut Ranjan Sarangi and Biraja Prasanna Satapathy
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