Bhubaneswar, Jan. 25 -- The Orissa High Court has reportedly dismissed a writ petition filed by a Bhubaneswar-based CBSE-affiliated school challenging the Labour Department's order that required it to register its school transport service under the Motor Transport Workers Act, 1961.

The single-judge bench of Justice SK Panigrahi delivered the judgment on Thursday.

According to The New Indian Express, the school had filed a petition urging the HC to cancel two notices issued by the Joint Labour Commissioner, Bhubaneswar, on July 31 and August 21, 2025, directing the school to register its transport service as a 'motor transport undertaking' and warned that legal action would be taken under the law if it failed to comply.

The divisional ...