JUDGMENT :

S. N. Prasad, J. - The instant appeal has been filed under Section-24-C of the Odisha Education Act, 1969 assailing the judgment dated 10.04.2018 passed by the Presiding Officer, State Education Tribunal, Odisha, Bhubaneswar in G.I.A. Case No.40 of 2014 whereby and whereunder the claim of the appellant for release of grant-in-aid in terms of the provision of Orissa (Non-Government Colleges, Junior Colleges and Higher Secondary Schools) Grant-in-Aid Order, 1994 (hereinafter referred to as the "Grant-in-Aid Order, 1994") has been rejected by not interfering with the decision taken by the State Government through the Commissioner-cum- Secretary to Government of Odisha, Department of Higher Education dated 1.3.2012.

2. The fact leading to the instant appeal is that the appellant, who is working as Lecturer in Chemistry against the 1st post in Mahapurusa Hadi Das Junior Mahavidyalaya at Chhatia, in the district of Jajpur wherein +2 Arts stream was started with the concurrence of the Government and affiliation from the Council of Higher Secondary Education, Odisha. Initially one Sri P.K. Roul was appointed on 23.9.1988 as Lecturer in Chemistry and joined in service on 29.9.1988.