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IN THE HIGH COURT OF ORISSA AT CUTTACK

W.P.(C) No.11896 of 2022

Sulekha Sarin

….

Petitioner

Mr. Satyabrata Mohanty, Advocate

-versus-

State of Odisha and others

….

Opposite Parties

Mr. Biswajit Mohanty, S.C.

(for S & ME Deptt.)

CORAM: MR. JUSTICE S.K. PANIGRAHI

Order No.

ORDER

10.05.2022

01.

1. The matter is taken up through hybrid mode.

2. In this writ petition, the petitioner has assailed the arbitrary action

of the authority in not considering her candidature in the draft merit

list. The petitioner has been allegedly excluded from the merit list

merely on the ground that she has completed her graduation degree

in Commerce (B.Com) and the B. Com degree course does not have

any school subjects.

3. The case, in a nutshell, is that, the School and Mass Education

Department, Government of Odisha has decided to fill up the

vacancies of different posts of Contractual Trained Graduate

Teachers in Government Secondary Schools of the State of Odisha

in 2021. Accordingly, the Director of Secondary Education, Odisha

Bhubaneswar-opposite party No.2 issu