Page 1 of 4. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.18785 of 2026 Sri Rama Narayan Tripathy ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Kunal Kumar Swain -versus- State Of Odisha and others ..... Opposite Parties Mr. S.K. Jee, AGA CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 24.06.2026 Order No. 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid mode. 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State-Opposite Parties. Perused the writ application as well as the documents annexed thereto. 3. The Petitioner has filed the present writ application with the following prayer: “Under the above circumstances, it is humbly prayed that the writ petition may be allowed; And (A) a writ of Mandamus or an appropriate writ may be issued directing the opposite parties more particularly to the District Education Officer, Balangir opposite party No.3 to allow the petitioner to avail the Page 2 of 4. benefit of Trained Graduate Scale of Pay in terms of the resolution dated 05.09.2011 issued by the Government of Odisha in School and Mass Education Department, Bhubaneswar under Annexure:4 from the date he acquired M.A. qualification in Sanskrit i.e. with effect from 27.02.2017 and the differential arrears may be calculated and may be paid to him, within a time to be stipulated by this Hon'ble Court; (B) And any other order / orders direction / directions may be issued so as or to give complete relief to the petitioner;” 4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that the Petitioner, who happens to be a Classical (Sanskrit) Teacher in a Block Grant High School, has approached this Court being aggrieved by the inaction of the Opposite Parties in not extending the Trained Graduate Teach Scale to the Petitioner. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset referred to the resolution of the State Government dated 05.09.2011 at Annexure-4 in support of his contention. Referring to Clause-8 of the aforesaid resolution dated 05.09.2011 it was published in the Odisha Gazette dated 17.09.2011, learned counsel for the Petitioner contended that the Petitioner is entitled to the Trained Graduate Scale of Teacher, at par with Trained Graduate Teachers vis-à-vis Hindi Teachers of High Schools. He further contended that the Petitioner has not been extended with such benefit as per the resolution at Annexure-4 dated 05.09.2011. Being aggrieved by the inaction of the Opposite Parties, the Petitioner has already approached the Opposite Party No.3 by Page 3 of 4. filing a detailed representation dated 06.01.2026 at Annexure-6 to the writ petition. However, no decision has been taken on such representation of the Petitioner. Hence, the Petitioner being aggrieved by such inaction of the Opposite Party No.3, has approached this Court by filing the present writ petition. 5. Learned counsel for the State on the other hand contended that although he has no specific instruction in the matter, however, taking into consideration the fact that the Petitioner has already approached the Opposite Party No.3 by filing a detailed representation on 06.01.2026 at Annexure-6 and in the event any such representation is still pending and no final decision has been taken thereon by the competent authority, he will have no objection if this Court directs the Opposite Party No.3, before whom the representation is pending, to consider and dispose of such representation taking into consideration the applicable rules as well as the resolution dated 05.09.2011 at Annexure-4 to the writ petition, within a stipulated period of time. 6. Considering the submissions made by the learned counsels appearing for the respective parties, on a careful analysis of their submission and on a close scrutiny of the document annexed to the writ petition, this Court deems it proper to dispose of the writ petition at the stage of admission by directing the Opposite Party No.3 to consider and dispose of the representation of the Petitioner dated 06.01.2026 at Annexure-6, if the same has not been disposed of in the meantime, by passing a speaking and reasoned order within a period of eight weeks from the date of communication of a certified copy of today’s order. It is further directed that while Page 4 of 4. considering the representation of the Petitioner, the Opposite Party No.3 shall take into consideration the applicable rules as well as the resolution dated 05.09.2011 at Annexure-4 to the writ petition. The final decision so taken be communicated to the Petitioner within ten days thereafter. 7. With the aforesaid observations/directions, the writ application stands disposed of. Issue urgent certified copy of this order as per Rules. ( Aditya Kumar Mohapatra ) Judge S.K. Rout