Page 1 of 3. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.37830 of 2025 Damodar Sahoo ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Nrusingh Charan Rout -versus- 1) State Of Odisha ..... Opposite Parties 2) Director,elementary Education,bhubaneswar 3) District Education Officer,keonjhar 4) Block Education Officer,ghatagaon,keonjhar Represented by Adv. –Mr. A.Mohanty, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA Order No. ORDER 13.01.2026 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State-Opposite Parties. Perused the writ application as well as the prayer made therein. 3. The Petitioner has filed the present writ application with the following prayer: “It is therefore, most humbly prayed that your Lordships may graciously be pleased to admit this Writ petition and issue a Rule NISI to the opp.parties to show cause as to;- i) Why the Opp. Parties shall not be directed to grant promotion in favour of the petitioner to Level-II of Odisha Elementary Cadre rule 1997 w.e.f. 01.08.2008 and Page 2 of 3. promotion to Level-I w.e.f. 09.10.2010 i.e. the date from which junior namely Madhusudan Chakra and Rabindranath Panigrahi were given with all consequential service and financial benefit and revise pension in favour of the petitioner ii) Why the opposite party No-2. the Director of Elementary Education Odisha shall not be directed to consider and disposed of the representation of the petitioner vide Annexure-9 with in a stipulated time. iii) And any other order as deem necessary and fit be passed in the facts and circumstance. And if the opp.parties fail to show cause or showed insufficient cause then the Rule be made absolute by issuing appropriate Writ (s)/ order (s), direction(s) as deem fit and proper.” 4. In course of hearing of the writ application, learned counsel for the Petitioner submits that the Petitioner ventilating his grievance has submitted representation before the Director, Elementary Education, Bhubaneswar, Opposite Party No.2 under Annexure-9. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that the said representation is pending as of now. It is also submitted by the learned counsel for the Petitioner that a direction be issued to the Opposite Party No.2 to consider the representation of the Petitioner under Annexure-9 within a stipulated period of time. 5. Learned Additional Government Advocate submits that he has no objection if the representation of the Petitioner is considered by the Opposite Party No.2, which is stated to be pending, in accordance with law within a stipulated period of time. 6. Considering the limited nature of grievance of the Page 3 of 3. Petitioner, the writ application is disposed of at the stage of admission with a direction to the Opposite Party No.2 to consider the representation dated 18.05.2024 of the Petitioner under Annexure-9 within a period of eight weeks from the date of production of certified copy of this order. The Opposite Party No.2 shall do well to dispose of the representation of the Petitioner under Annexure-9 by passing a speaking and reasoned order. The decision so taken by the Opposite Party No.2 be also communicated to the Petitioner within ten days thereafter. 7. With the aforesaid observation, the writ application stands disposed of. 8. Issue urgent certified copy of this order as per Rules. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Rubi