HC grants interim relief to 59-yr-old teacher
Cuttack: A 59-year-old English teacher at Lachhaman Balajew Higher Secondary School in Angalo, Jajpur, has secured interim relief from the Orissa high court in his plea seeking correction of his date of birth and an extension of his service tenure.
During the hearing on June 26, additional government advocate S K Jee informed the court that the govt would decide the matter within two weeks.
Taking note of the submission, Justice Biraja Prasanna Satapathy granted interim relief, directing that "in the interim, the petitioner be allowed to continue in his post till the next date."
The matter will next be heard in the week commencing July 21.
Alok Chandra Barik approached the court after the school and mass education department failed to act on documents verifying his actual date of birth as June 6, 1967, not June 6, 1965, as recorded in his original high school certificate.
Advocate Purushottam Chuli, representing Barik, told the court that the date of birth in the original HSC certificate was erroneous. However, his admit card and provisional certificate issued by the Board of Secondary Education (BSE), Odisha, reflected the correct date. Acting on a formal representation filed on April 4, the BSE issued a duplicate HSC certificate on April 19 confirming 1967 as his correct birth year.
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According to the petition, Barik submitted the corrected document to his school authorities on April 29, which was later forwarded to the director of higher education. On May 30, the deputy director sought verification of the certificate. The BSE secretary confirmed its authenticity on June 2.
Despite this, no official correction has been made in govt records, putting Barik at risk of retirement on June 30, 2025, two years before his actual superannuation date, the petition said.
Barik has sought a directive from the court allowing him to serve till June 30, 2027, claiming that the delay despite verified documents would unjustly shorten his career by two years. He joined service on July 15, 1991.
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