Shantipada Panda v. State and Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
Equivalence of Head Pandit / Acharya Head Pandit of Madhyama Sanskrit Tols with Headmasters of Secondary Schools; pay parity claim; Odisha Education Rules, 1974 Rule 8 (2) (b); Government order dated 30.01.1992 on equivalence of Sanskrit Tol courses; Board of Secondary Education Odisha recognition of Madhyama as equivalent to HSC; direction to Secretary, School and Mass Education Department; disposal of writ with three-month timeline; W.P.(C); Orissa High Court.
What did the court decide?
Writ application disposed of with direction to the Secretary to the Government in the Department of School and Mass Education to decide the equivalence of the status of Head Pandit of Madhyama Sanskrit Institutions with that of Headmasters of Secondary High School of the State within three months from communication of the order, and to intimate the decision to the petitioner.