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Odisha Revises Junior Teacher Regularisation Order After High Court Stay

News18•01-10-2026, 22:15

•The Odisha government issued a revised notification for the regularisation of junior teachers (schematic) in state-run primary and upper primary schools.
•The revision follows a protest by contractual junior teachers and addresses legal issues after the Orissa High Court stayed a previous notification.
•Junior teachers continuing in service will be regularised as assistant teachers in pay level-V(A) of the elementary cadre immediately, subject to conditions.
•Service rendered until December 2025 will be treated as contractual, not entitling teachers to seniority or consequential benefits for that period.
•Regular pay and admissible service benefits for assistant teachers will commence from January 1, 2026, for approximately 13,000 junior teachers.

The Odisha government issued a revised notification after the Orissa High Court stayed the initial regularisation order following litigation.

The teachers will be entitled to regular pay and other admissible service benefits starting from January 1, 2026.

Around 13,000 junior teachers working in state-run primary and upper primary schools are affected by this regularisation process.