Authority: High Court of Odisha, Cuttack
Order Date: 03 August 2026
Case Overview
- Petitioners: Managing Committee of Nilakantheswar Dev Bidyapitha, Jhadapada, Nayagarh & Ors.; represented by Ms. S. Kar, Advocate.
- Opposite Parties: State of Odisha and others; represented by Mr. G. Tripathy, AGA.
- The petition sought extension of service benefits to the institution’s employees by treating the school as an aided educational institution under the Grant‑in‑Aid Order 1994, effective 1 June 1997.
- Petitioners relied on the precedent of FAO No.509 of 2014, disposed by a Coordinate Bench on 19 March 2025 and upheld by the Supreme Court.
- The matter was taken up in hybrid mode before Justice B. P. Routray.
Final Outcome
- The writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage without any opinion on the merits.
- The Court directs the Director of Secondary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar, to consider the petitioners’ representation (Annexure‑3) in accordance with law and the cited precedent, within three months of receiving a certified copy of this order and the writ petition.
- An urgent certified copy of the order shall be issued on proper application.
Topics: Education Grant‑in‑Aid, Court Order