Page 1 of 2. IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.8183 of 2026 Kanhu Charan Pradhan ..... Petitioner Represented by Adv. - Anil Kumar Behera -versus- 1) state of odisha ..... Opposite Parties 2) Director Of Secondary Education, Odisha 3) D.E.O., ANGUL Represented by Adv. – Mr. S.K. Parhi, ASC CORAM: MR. JUSTICE ADITYA KUMAR MOHAPATRA ORDER 17.03.2026 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. (Aditya Kumar Mohapatra) Judge Sisir Designation: Personal Assistant