Santosh Kumar Barik vs State Of Odisha & Others .... Opposite ...
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Santosh Kumar Barik vs State Of Odisha & Others .... Opposite ... on 5 January, 2026

               IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK
                              W.P.(C) No.36266 of 2025

            Santosh Kumar Barik                       ....               Petitioner
                                                         Ms. S. Samal, Advocate
                                         -Versus-
            State of Odisha & Others                  ....       Opposite Parties
                                                              Mr. S.K. Jee, AGA


             CORAM:
                           JUSTICE DIXIT KRISHNA SHRIPAD
                                         ORDER

Order No.                               05.01.2026
   01.

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.

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 off directing the competent authority to dispose of the case of the petitioner applying the decision rendered in the case of Ashok Kumar Mohapatra (supra) by undertaking the entire exercise within a period of two months from the date of communication of the order.

Petitioner is directed to serve an extra copy of the brief on learned State Counsel for School & Mass Education Department for communication purpose.

Web copy of order to be acted upon by all concerned.

(Dixit Krishna Shripad) Judge

Prasant

Signed by: PRASANT KUMAR SAHOO Designation: Personal Assistant Reason: Authentication Location: Orissa High Court Date: 06-Jan-2026 15:29:43