The Supreme Court Collegium had recommended the appointment of Sibo Sankar Mishra, Advocate-on-Record and Ananda Chandra Behera, Senior Judicial Officer as the Judges of Orissa High Court.
The Supreme Court Collegium bench comprising of Chief Justice of India DY Chandrachud, Justice SK Kaul and Justice Sanjiv Khanna had recommended the name of them for the appointment of judge son August 17, 2023.
The Centre notified the appointment of name of Ananda Chandra Behera, a Judicial Officer in the rank of District Judge, the apex judicial appointment body gave due consideration to the fact that he is currently being the 14th senior-most Judicial Officer of the State and recommending the name of him will result in overlooking the candidature of 13 officer’s senior to him
At present, the High Court has 20 judges against the sanctioned strength of 33 and with the appointment of them, the strength is slated to go up to 22. Further, it will come down to 20 again upon the retirements of Justice Biswanath Rath on 06.09.2023 and Chief Justice SubhasisTalapatra on 03.10.2023.