Bhubaneswar, Aug. 14 -- The Orissa High Court has pulled up the State Government for denying a junior lecturer his legitimate promotional avenues and revised salary on the legally unacceptable ground that it would also open up floodgates of litigation and exert pressure on the State exchequer.
The Government should celebrate citizen's victory against it, secured in due process of law. Rule
of law requires the State to abide by law, more particularly while treating the worthy claims of its employees, the single bench of high court Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad observed.
Justice Dixit Krishna Shripad while pronouncing a verdict in favour of petitioner Lokanath Behera slammed the Government and observed that "it is teachers, who play a pivo...