Authority: High Court of Odisha, Cuttack

Order Date: 18 August 2026

Case Overview

  • Petitioners: Managing Committee of Alok Memorial U.P.(M.E.) School, Kolangiri, Jajpur & Anr., represented by Advocate M.K. Sahoo, seeking regularisation and approval of teaching staff services under Grant‑in‑Aid Order, 1994.
  • Opposite Parties: State of Odisha and others, represented by ASC S.N. Nayak.
  • The petition relied on the decision in FAO No.509 of 2014, disposed by a Coordinate Bench on 19 March 2025 and upheld by the Supreme Court.
  • The writ petition was disposed at the admission stage; the Court did not express any opinion on the merits.

Final Outcome

  • The writ petition is dismissed at the admission stage.
  • The Court directs the Director, Elementary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar to consider the grievance as per Annexure‑4 within three months from receipt of a certified copy of this order and the petition.
  • An urgent certified copy of the order shall be issued on proper application.

Topics: Regularisation of Teaching Staff; Education Employment; Judicial Directive