Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack Date: 17-Aug-2026 17:56:52 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.25990 of 2026 CNR No. ODHC010621762026 Dr. Tamasa Dhall …. Petitioner Mr. B. Behera, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha, represented through the Secretary, School and Mass Education Department and Others …. Opposite Parties Mr. G. Tripathy, AGA CORAM: SHRI JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY ORDER 17.8.2026 Order No. 01. 1. Heard Mr. B. Behera, learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as Mr. G. Tripathy, learned AGA for State-Opposite Parties. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the Petitioner, who is continuing as Lecturer in Political Science in Kusum Devi Satsang (K.D.S.) Women’s Higher Secondary School, Darakhapatna in the district of Cuttack, that her claim for release of salary components as per Grant-in-Aid Order, 1994, is similar to the case of the Respondent in FAO No.509 of 2014, which has been disposed of by a Co-ordinate Bench on 19th March 2025 and upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 3. It is further prayed on behalf of the Petitioner that her representation under Annexure-4 may be considered by the appropriate authority. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission, without expressing any opinion on the merits of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack

Date: 17-Aug-2026 17:56:52 contentions of the petitioner, with a direction to the Director, Higher Secondary Education Department, Government of Odisha (Opposite Party No.2) to consider the grievance of the Petitioner as per her representation at Annexure-4, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order along with a copy of the writ petition. 5. An urgent certified copy of this order shall be issued on proper application. ( B.P. Routray) Judge M.K.Panda Page 2 of 2

Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack Date: 17-Aug-2026 17:56:52 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.25990 of 2026 CNR No. ODHC010621762026 Dr. Tamasa Dhall …. Petitioner Mr. B. Behera, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha, represented through the Secretary, School and Mass Education Department and Others …. Opposite Parties Mr. G. Tripathy, AGA CORAM: SHRI JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY ORDER 17.8.2026 Order No. 01. 1. Heard Mr. B. Behera, learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as Mr. G. Tripathy, learned AGA for State-Opposite Parties. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the Petitioner, who is continuing as Lecturer in Political Science in Kusum Devi Satsang (K.D.S.) Women’s Higher Secondary School, Darakhapatna in the district of Cuttack, that her claim for release of salary components as per Grant-in-Aid Order, 1994, is similar to the case of the Respondent in FAO No.509 of 2014, which has been disposed of by a Co-ordinate Bench on 19th March 2025 and upheld by the Hon’ble Supreme Court. 3. It is further prayed on behalf of the Petitioner that her representation under Annexure-4 may be considered by the appropriate authority. 4. Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of at the stage of admission, without expressing any opinion on the merits of Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack

Date: 17-Aug-2026 17:56:52 contentions of the petitioner, with a direction to the Director, Higher Secondary Education Department, Government of Odisha (Opposite Party No.2) to consider the grievance of the Petitioner as per her representation at Annexure-4, in accordance with law, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order along with a copy of the writ petition. 5. An urgent certified copy of this order shall be issued on proper application. ( B.P. Routray) Judge M.K.Panda Page 2 of 2