Dhaneswar Nayak v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Short 'covered-by' disposal order. Court: High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Case: WP(C) No.16229 of 2026; Judge: Aditya Kumar Mohapatra (single Bench); Decision date: 22.06.2026. Petitioner: Dhaneswar Nayak (counsel: Kunal Kumar Swain). Opposite Parties: State of Odisha; Director of Higher Education, Orissa; Director Higher Secondary Education, Odisha; Controller of Accounts (common counsel: Mr. D.K. Sahoo, AGA). Governing precedent: judgment of the Orissa High Court dated 12.01.2024 in W.P.(C) No.17067 of 2023 and batch — treatment: followed; present petition disposed of in the light of that order. Useful for practitioners tracing the batch headed by W.P.(C) No.17067 of 2023 and similarly covered petitions; no statutes construed, no monetary relief awarded, no separate directions issued.
What did the court decide?
On the submission of learned counsel appearing for the parties that the issue involved in the present case is covered by the judgment of this Court dated 12.01.2024 in W.P.(C) No.17067 of 2023 and batch, the writ petition is disposed of in the light of the order so passed in those writ petitions.