Namesakes From Odisha Declare Similar Padma Award, Courtroom Points Discover

Kolkata:

A physician from Odisha has gone to courtroom, alleging his Padma award has been collected by a journalist, who had no declare to it. The identify Shri Antaryami Mishra appeared on the 56th place of the 2023 record of awardees and a journalist with the identical identify had acquired the award final yr from President Droupadi Murmu. 

The Orissa Excessive Courtroom has despatched notices to each claimants and one to the Central authorities, asking it to make clear the matter.  All have been requested to seem in courtroom on February 24.

The PIB record mentioned he was receiving this award for his contribution to literature and training.

In his petition to the courtroom, the physician has claimed that he has written 29 books in Odia and different Indian languages, because of which his identify was included within the record of winners. He had advised the courtroom that there isn’t any guide within the identify of the journalist. 

The official X deal with of Rashtrapati Bhavan had posted a photograph of Antaryami Mishra receiving the Padma Shri award from President Murmu. The {photograph} confirmed an aged particular person in a wheelchair receiving the quotation from the President.

President Droupadi Murmu presents Padma Shri to Dr Antaryami Mishra for Literature & Schooling. A distinguished Odia litterateur, Dr Mishra has been contributing to the research of Odia language, grammar tradition and historical past for practically 5 a long time. pic.twitter.com/CzILTH8owe

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The caption learn: President Droupadi Murmu presents Padma Shri to Dr Antaryami Mishra for Literature & Schooling. A distinguished Odia litterateur, Dr Mishra has been contributing to the research of Odia language, grammar tradition and historical past for practically 5 a long time.

Throughout the listening to, Justice SK Panigrahi mentioned regardless of the rigorous verification course of by the federal government, confusion has occurred because of comparable names, which has raised issues concerning the credibility of the choice course of. 

The courtroom has requested each claimants to seem on February 24 with all of the publications and materials to substantiate their claims. 

Padma Shri, the nation’s fourth-highest civilian award, is given to distinguished people for his or her contribution to a number of fields, together with artwork, literature, social work, training and sports activities. 

The awards, introduced on the eve of Republic Day, are conferred in a glowing ceremony on the Rashtrapati Bhavan later that yr.