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The Orissa High Court directed the Odisha government to revise the seniority and gradation list of Assistant Section Officers (ASOs) in the Odisha Secretariat Service.

The ruling settles a long-running dispute over inter-seniority among ASOs appointed through different recruitment drives and between promotees and direct recruits.

The case involved ten writ petitions grouped into two categories. The first group concerned two sets of direct recruits: 140 candidates from OPSC Advertisement No. 06 dated May 14, 2015 (ST category), and 811 candidates from Advertisement No. 08 issued on October 6, 2012.

The second group addressed the ...