Prakash Chandra Nayak Vs State of Odisha — Orissa HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Prakash Chandra Nayak Vs State of Odisha — Orissa HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Direction to Opposite Party No.2 (Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar) to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 24.02.2025 (Annexure-10) within fifteen days from communication of the order, after giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard and intimating the result to the petitioner, taking the relied-upon decision and other materials into account; Registry directed to communicate the order to Opposite Party No.2 immediately.

Issue for consideration

Disposal of the petitioner's representation dated 24.02.2025 (Annexure-10) pending before Opposite Party No.2, the Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar.

Ratio / Principle

The writ petition is disposed of finally with a direction to the Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 24.02.2025 (Annexure-10) within a period of fifteen days from the date of communication of this order.

Key takeaways

The disposal of the representation is to be done after giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard, and the result of the disposal is to be intimated to the petitioner.ratio¶15
Opposite Party No.2 shall dispose of the petitioner's representation taking into account the decision in Lokanath Behera vrs. State of Odisha (WPC No.2062 of 2024, decided 13.08.2025), which the petitioner's counsel relied upon, along with other materials.ratio¶18

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Orissa High Court, Cuttack — WP(C) No.2549 of 2026 (Prakash Chandra Nayak v. State of Odisha and others), disposed of finally on 06.03.2026 by Mr. Justice Ananda Chandra Behera: the Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) is directed to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 24.02.2025 (Annexure-10) pending before him within fifteen days from communication of the order, after giving the petitioner an opportunity of being heard and intimating the result to him, taking into account the decision in Lokanath Behera vrs. State of Odisha (WPC No.2062 of 2024, decided 13.08.2025) relied upon by the petitioner's counsel and other materials; Registry to communicate the order immediately.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK WP(C) No.2549 of 2026

Prakash Chandra Nayak

..... Petitioner

Represented by Adv. - Gopinath Mishra

-versus-

1) State Of Odisha 2) Director Of Higher Education, Odisha 3) Governing Body Of Brahmanjharilo Degree Mahavidyalaya,cuttack

..... Opposite Parties Represented by Adv. – Ms. U. Tripathy, ASC

CORAM:

MR. JUSTICE ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA

ORDER

06.03.2026

Order No.

1. This matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

Heard from the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State.

Upon hearing from the learned counsels of both the sides, it is felt proper to dispose of this writ petition finally directing the Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) to dispose of the representation dated 24.02.2025 vide Annexure-10 of the petitioner pending before him within a period of fifteen days from the date of communication of this order after giving opportunity of being heard to the petitioner and to intimate the result of disposal of the representation to the petitioner.

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At the time of hearing, learned counsel for the petitioner relied upon the decision between Lokanath Behera vrs. State of Odisha decided in WPC No.2062 of 2024 on 13.08.2025 .

The Opposite Party No.2 shall dispose of the representation of the petitioner taking the above decision and other materials into account.

Registry is directed to communicate the copy of this order to the Director of Higher Secondary Education, Government of Odisha, Bhubaneswar (Opposite Party No.2) immediately.

As such, the writ petition filed by the petitioner is disposed of finally.

Urgent certified copy of this order be granted to the petitioner on proper application.

( ANANDA CHANDRA BEHERA) Judge

Jagabandhu

Signature Not Verified

Digitally Signed Signed by: JAGABANDHU BEHERA Designation: Personal Assistant Reason: Authentication Location: OHC, CUTTACK Date: 06-Mar-2026 15:02:48

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