Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.16943 of 2026 Alok Kumar Sahoo ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Kshirod Kumar Rout -versus- State of Odisha & Ors. ..... Opposite Parties Represented by Adv. - Mr. A.Mohanty, A.S.C. CORAM: THE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA Order No. ORDER 01.07.2026 01. 1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode). 2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned counsel for the State. Perused the writ application as well as the prayer made therein. 3. By filing the present writ application, the Petitioner has prayed for quashing the disengagement order dated 28.03.2025 at Annexure- 1 and the letter dated 13.03.2025 at Annexure-2. The Petitioner has further prayed for a direction to the Opposite Parties to allow the Petitioner to continue as a Junior Clerk in the aided educational institution in question. 4. On a careful analysis of the submissions made by the leaned Page 2 of 2. counsel for the Petitioner, further upon a close scrutiny of the impugned order, this Court is of the view that the impugned disengagement order is an appealable one under Section 10-A of the Odisha Education Act, 1969. 5. In such view of the matter, the present writ petition is disposed of by granting liberty to the Petitioner to approach the appropriate authority by filing an appeal. Further, the Petitioner is granted liberty to move an application for condonation of delay. In such eventuality, the higher appellate authority shall consider the same liberally and pass necessary consequential orders. 6. With the aforesaid observations and directions, the writ application stands disposed of. (A.K. Mohapatra) Judge Rubi