The administration maintained that the overall situation in Puri was normal and that adequate crowd management measures were in place throughout the event.
The appointments include the posts of junior assistant and office assistant in the school education, rural development, revenue, and police departments.
DMK leader R S Bharathi in the plea contended that recent public remarks made by Minister Aadhav Arjuna, who is among those charge-sheeted in the case, could prejudice the ongoing CBI probe.