The practice had companytinued uninterruptedly for a long time.
1250/1991.
Adumbrated in brief the factual background as projected by the appellants is as follows An executive order was passed by the Deputy Inspector General of Police vide his D.O. letter No.4322/SAP in furtherance of a policy decision that quarters were to be allotted to all the Orissa State Armed Police Personnel for a minimum period of three years.
This order was passed keeping in view the dearth of family accommodation which at the relevant point of time was an acute problem for the Orissa State Armed Policy Battalion.
In writ petition number O.J.C. 3193/1992 the High Court by its impugned judgment dated 8.8.1996 held that the policy decision of allotment of quarters on rotational basis was companytrary to and inconsistent with justness and fair play.
One of the writ petitioners was Panchu Sahu who was also one of the applicants in O.A. No.
This would enable other employees who are deprived of quarters can get quarters so vacated.
The same was registered as OA No.
758/1989.
It was also done with a view to ensure that every police personnel enjoyed the facility of rent free accommodation and that is why it was done on rotational basis.
After dismissal of O.A. No.
Thereafter 21 persons filed writ petition before the High Court which was registered as O.J.C No.6383 of 1992.
Contractual agreements were entered into between the employer and the employees when they were given government accommodation.
Questioning legality of the orders the respondents along with one Kirtan Behari Swain who has expired in the mean time filed an Original Application before the Orissa Administrative Tribunal in short the Tribunal .
Challenge in the application was to the system of allotment of quarters by rotation.
6383/1992 was dismissed as withdrawn on 7.7.1994.
The same was numbered as OA 1250 of 1991.
It was held that since quarters were allotted by companytractual allotments, the Special Accommodation Rules do number apply.
Subsequently, another application was filed challenging the system of allotment of quarters.
The writ petition No.
ARIJIT PASAYAT, J. Challenge in this appeal is to the judgment rendered by a Division Bench of the Orissa High Court holding that the policy decision taken by the State in the matter of allotment of quarters by rotation basis was illegal.
It was numbericed by the Division Bench that since the Bench was number inclined to entertain the writ petition, the writ petitioners wanted to withdraw the petition.
758/1989, the applicants before the Tribunal filed writ petition O.J.C. No.3193 of 1992.
