Advocates:
['M/S N K SAHU', '', 'B SWAIN', 'C ANANDA RAO', 'S K BEHERA', 'M/S TARANANDA PATTANAIK', 'S PATTANAIK', 'M OJHA']

ORISSA HIGH COURT: CUTTACK

W.P.(C) NO. 12539 of 2018

In the matter of an application under Articles 226 and 227 of

the Constitution of India.

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AFR

Soumya Ranjan Acharya

..… Petitioner

-Versus -

Secretary, National Institute

of Open Schooling, (NIOS)

and others

….. Opp. Parties

For Petitioner

: M/s. N.K. Sahu & B. Swain,

Advocates.

For Opp. Parties: Mr. T.N. Pattanayak,

S. Pattanaik & Manoj Ojha, Advocates

[O.Ps. No.1 and 2]

Mr. C.A. Rao, Sr. Advocate

along with Mr. S.K. Behera, Advocate

[O.P. No.3]

P R E S E N T:

THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE B.R.SARANGI

DECIDED ON : 04.03.2021

DR. B.R. SARANGI, J. The petitioner, who is a student of

National Institute of Open Schooling (NIOS), has filed this

writ

petition

seeking

to

quash

the

order

dated

2

11.06.2018 under Annexure-11 rejecting his application

for correction of date of birth.

2.

The factual matrix of the case, in hand, is

that the petitioner was prosecuting his study at M.R.

Boys’ High School, Parlakhemundi as a regular student.

He appeare