Section 5(1) in The Orissa Essential Services (Maintenance) Act, 1988
(1)If the State Government is satisfied that in the public interest it is necessary or expedient so to do, it may, by general or special order, prohibit lay-off, on any ground other than shortage of power or natural calamity, of any workman (other than a badli workman or a casual workman) whose name is borne on the muster rolls of any establishment pertain to any essential service specified in the order.
