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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.4542 of 2026 Duryodhan Jena ..... Petitioner
Represented by Adv. - Anil Kumar Behera -versus- State Of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties
Represented by Adv. – U.C. Jena, A.S.C.
CORAM:
THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA
ORDER 11.02.2026
Order No.
01.
1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).
2. Heard learned counsels for the parties.
3.
Learned counsel for both the parties agreed that the issue involved in this writ petition is analogues to one involved in O.A. No.1668 of 2017 (Ashok Kumar Mohapatra v. State of Orissa), which was disposed of by the Odisha Administrative Tribunal vide
judgment dated 09.10.2018 and confirmed by this Court in W.P.(C) No.6698 of 2020 and further confirmed by the apex Court in SLP(C) No.15573 of 2020.
4. In view of the above and considering the limited prayer to consider the case of the Petitioner in the light of the judgment rendered in Ashok Kumar Mohapatra (supra), this writ petition stands disposed of directing the competent authority to dispose of the case of the Petitioner applying the decision rendered in the case
Page 2 of 2. of Ashok Kumar Mohapatra (supra) by undertaking the entire exercise within a period of two months from the date of communication of the order.
5. Petitioner is directed to serve an extra copy of the brief on learned State Counsel for School & Mass Education Department for communication purpose.
( A.K. Mohapatra )
Judge
Anil
Designation: Junior Stenographer