CUTTACK, India, April 27 -- Orissa High Court issued the following order on March 26:

1. This matter is taken up through Hybrid Arrangement (Virtual /Physical Mode).

2. Heard learned counsel for the Petitioner as well as learned Additional Standing Counsel for the State-Opposite Parties. Perused the writ application as well as the prayer made therein.

3. The Petitioner has filed the present writ application with the following prayer:

"It is therefore prayed that this Hon'ble Court may graciously be pleased to:-

i) Admit the writ application;

ii) Call for the records;

iii) Issue a writ of Mandamus directing the 0pp. Parties, more particularly Opp, Party No.l to take a decision on the representation filed by the petitioner under Annexure - 7 keeping in view the decision taken in the High Level Meeting under Annexure-3 series and the Govt. letter under Annexure-6 series with regard to the up-gradation of the post of Science teacher (TI) to the status of (TGT) the post of B.Sc. B.Ed. Science teachers at par with trained graduate Science Teacher of the High Schools in view of same courses of studies and identical discharge of duties rendered by the petitioner with requisite qualification to hold such posts in respect of Madhayama Sanskrit Institution within a stipulated time.

And/or pass such other order/orders, direction/directions as this Hon'ble Court may think fit and proper for the ends of justice;"

4. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at the outset contended that the Petitioner was initially appointed as an Assistant Teacher with B.Sc., B.Ed. qualification on 19.07.1990 which was approved w.e.f. 01.06.1994 vide order of Superintendent of Sanskrit Studies, Odisha, at Annexure-1 to the writ application. He further contended that in a high-level meeting held on 12.08.2011, a decision was taken to upgrade the Science Post to the B.Sc., B.Ed. status. Accordingly, by virtue of order dated 16.07.2013 of the Director of Secondary Education, Odisha all DEOs in the State upgraded and created a TGT Science Post. Learned counsel for the Petitioner at this juncture contended that although the Petitioner is having TGT qualification, however, he has been given appointment to a TM/TI post and he is getting the pay scale attached to such post. He further submitted that although the Petitioner is eligible for being appointment to a TGT Posts and in fact he has been discharging his duties in a TGT Post, however, he is not getting the pay scale attached to such posts. Being aggrieved by such inaction of the Opposite Parties, the Petitioner has already approached the Opposite Party No.1 by filing a detailed representation dated 21.03.2025, at Annexure-7 to the writ application. Since no final decision has been taken on such representation of the Petitioner, the Petitioner has approached this Court by filing the present writ application.

*Rest of the document can be viewed at: (https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/ecourtindiaHC/cases/display_pdf.php?filename=I1mmm2bl4r4EREhYK63Kv6VWlh0CtuipQIdgVIvGzEbYcHmQEs1CyNmbrng9cFtG&caseno=WP(C)/9267/2026&cCode=1&cino=ODHC010205352026&state_code=11&appFlag=)

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