Ajaya Kumar Biswal v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
Retiral benefits; pension; Orissa Aided Educational Institutions Employees’ Retirement Benefit Rules, 1981; aided educational institution employees; direction to consider release of dues; Director Secondary Education Odisha; four-month compliance timeline; reliance on coordinate-Bench decision Hemant Kumar Chhotaray vs. State of Odisha and others, 2024 (I) OLR—709; disposed-of writ petition. Petitioner: Ajaya Kumar Biswal (adv. B. Behera); Opposite Parties: State of Odisha, Secretary, School and Mass Education Department and Others (ASC B.L. Tripathy); Bench: Justice B. P. Routray; decided 27.7.2026.
What did the court decide?
Direction to the Director, Secondary Education, Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to consider release of pension and retiral benefits in favour of the Petitioner in accordance with law, keeping in view the decision in Hemant Kumar Chhotaray vs. State of Odisha and others (2024 (I) OLR—709), within four months from the date of receipt of certified copy of this order.