Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.21208 of 2025 Addyeta Kumar Khamari ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Satyajit Samal -versus- State Of Orissa & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Represented by Adv. – A. Mohanty, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 29.01.2026 Order No. 03. 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 this writ petition seeking direction to the opposite parties to allow the petitioner to avail the benefit of trained graduate scale of pay on attaining the age of 48 years. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner contended that the case of the petitioner is covered by the judgment of this Court in the case of Radharani Samal v. State of Orissa, 2017 (I) ILR-CUT-546 and Akhaya Kumar Nayak v. State of Odisha and Ors. (W.P.(C) No. 5480 of 2021 disposed of on 04.08.2022). Therefore, this writ petition may be disposed of in the light of the aforesaid order. Page 2 of 2. 5. Learned Addl. Standing Counsel for School and Mass Education Department does not dispute the position. 6. In the above view of the matter, this writ petition stands disposed of directing the opposite parties-authority to consider the case of the petitioner in the light of the judgment passed by this Court in the cases of Radharani Samal and Akhaya Kumar Nayak (supra), and pass appropriate order in accordance with law within a period of three months from the date of production of certified copy of this order. 7. With the aforesaid observations/ directions, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. Issue urgent certified copy as per rules. ( A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Anil Designation: Junior Stenographer