Bhubaneswar, July 28 -- While justice delayed might be justice denied, in true sense, justice always prevails irrespective of time and place. In a glaring instance of such a saying, the Orissa High Court has ordered the State Government to pay retirement dues and pension benefits to a teacher named Prafulla Chandra Mohanty from Salipur area, almost 11 years after his death.

According to reports, Mohanty had filed a case in High Court in 1999 seeking the benefit of deprived time bound advanced scale of payment. The writ petition was disposed of by a division bench of the court in 2004. The bench had ordered the State Government to grant advanced scale of pay in favour of the petitioner as he has completed 15 years of service. It was also ...