Odisha HC Orders Review of Demonstrator Regularization

Authority: High Court of Odisha, Cuttack

Order Date: 17 August 2026

Case Overview

• Petitioner: Sandhya Rani Satpathy, Demonstrator in Home Science at Biren Mitra Memorial Women’s College, Cuttack.
• Opposite Parties: State of Odisha and others; represented by Additional Government Advocate Mr. T.K. Dash.
• Petition seeks regularization and approval of her service, citing similarity to respondent in FAO No.509 of 2014, a case upheld by the Supreme Court.
• Petitioner's representation is annexed as Annexure‑4 to the writ petition.

Final Outcome

• The writ petition is disposed of at the admission stage; the Court does not express any opinion on the merits.
• Justice B. P. Routray directs the Commissioner‑cum‑Secretary of the School and Mass Education Department, Odisha, to consider the grievance as per Annexure‑4, in accordance with law and the referenced Supreme Court decision, within three months of receiving a certified copy of this order and the writ petition.
• An urgent certified copy of the order is to be granted on proper application.

Topics: Legal Order, Employment Regularization