Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack Date: 20-Aug-2026 16:13:37 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.26458 of 2026 CNR NO: ODHC010634932026 Mrs. Sasmita Das …. Petitioner Mr. Sangram Jena, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha, represented by its Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher …. Opposite Parties Education Department and Others Mr. S.N. Nayak, ASC CORAM: SHRI JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY ORDER 20.8.2026 Order No. 01. 1. Heard Mr. S. Jena, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. S.N. Nayak, learned ASC for State-Opposite Parties. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the Petitioner, who is claiming regularization / approval of her service against the 1st post of Lecturer in Education in Indira Priyadarshini Women's Higher Secondary School, G. Udayagiri, in the district of Kandhamal as per Grant-in-aid Order, 1994, that her claim 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-7 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 contentions of the petitioner, with a direction to the Director of Higher Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to consider Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack Date: 20-Aug-2026 16:13:37 the grievance of the Petitioner as per her representation at Annexure-7, in accordance with law, and keeping in view the decision aforesaid, if applicable, 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: 20-Aug-2026 16:13:37 IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.26458 of 2026 CNR NO: ODHC010634932026 Mrs. Sasmita Das …. Petitioner Mr. Sangram Jena, Advocate -versus- State of Odisha, represented by its Commissioner-cum-Secretary, Higher …. Opposite Parties Education Department and Others Mr. S.N. Nayak, ASC CORAM: SHRI JUSTICE B. P. ROUTRAY ORDER 20.8.2026 Order No. 01. 1. Heard Mr. S. Jena, learned counsel for the Petitioner and Mr. S.N. Nayak, learned ASC for State-Opposite Parties. 2. It is submitted on behalf of the Petitioner, who is claiming regularization / approval of her service against the 1st post of Lecturer in Education in Indira Priyadarshini Women's Higher Secondary School, G. Udayagiri, in the district of Kandhamal as per Grant-in-aid Order, 1994, that her claim 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-7 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 contentions of the petitioner, with a direction to the Director of Higher Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to consider Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed Signed by: MANAS KUMAR PANDA Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, Cuttack Date: 20-Aug-2026 16:13:37 the grievance of the Petitioner as per her representation at Annexure-7, in accordance with law, and keeping in view the decision aforesaid, if applicable, 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