Anjali Kumari v. State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 28.03.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.SUBBIAH and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE KRISHNAN RAMASAMY Writ Petition Nos.5734, 5737, 5741 and 5743 of 2019 and W.M.P.Nos.6546, 6547, 6552 and 6559 of 2019 1.Anjali Kumari (Minor) and Natural Guardian Rajendra Prasad 2.Kajal Kumari (Minor) and Natural Guardian Satish Kumar 3.Maya Kumari (Minor) and Natural Guardian Om Prakash 4.Pinky Kumar. R and Natural Guardian Ramlal Pandit 5.Poonam. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Siva Kumar Patel 6.Pushpalatha. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mahesh Prasad 7.Shalini. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ajith Kumar Singh

8.Ajith Gupta. T (Minor) and Natural Guardian Tun Tun Gupta 9.Banti Kumar. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vijay Pandit 10.Bharath Patel (Minor) and Natural Guardian Buraram Patel 11.Goutham Kumar. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vijay Pandit 12.Jitesh Kumar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jeglal Kumar Singh 13.Kapil Kumar Pal (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shyam Sundar Pal 14.Mohammed Aarif (Minor) and Natural Guardian M.D.Nasir 15.Naveen Kumar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ram Parvesh Singh 16.Prakar Rai. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Santhosh Rai 17.Santosh Kumar. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vijay Kumar

18.Anjali. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jammuna Prasad 19.Bhavikha. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sajjan Singh 20.Nikki Kumari. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nagamani 21.Paramita Pramanik (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ganesh Pramanik 22.Pooja. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian R.Sunil Kumar 23.Reshma Kumari. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ganapat Dass 24.Snehalatha Muduli. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Raghunath Muduli 25.Abhay Kumar Mehta (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shiv Narayan Mehta 26.Abhay. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Praveen R.Chand 27.Mehul Kumar Chulet (Minor) and Natural Guardian Raj Kumar Chulet

28.Milan Giri (Minor) and Natural Guardian Naresh Giri 29.Pavan Kumar Singh (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shiv Kumar Singh 30.Rohit Kumar Singh (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jai Kumar Singh 31.Subham Dev. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramsh Prasad M 32.Vishal Yadav. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harendra Yadav 33.Siva Prakash Dubey. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian R.K.Dubey (Petitioners 1 to 33 above are all students of Shree Gouthamchand Kothari Jain Higher Secondary School, 180, M.S.Koil Street, Royapuram, Chennai - 600 013.)

...Petitioners in W.P.No.5734/2019

1.Ankitha. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Brahmadev Singh 2.Bhavana. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bhagaram 3.Dikshita. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vagataram

4.Dimplekumar. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Gattaram 5.Gayathri. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sukh Singh 6.Geethakumari. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kanaram 7.Kajalkumari. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Gordhanram 8.Kajalkumari. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramdhar Singh 9.Laval. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ranjith 10.Madhu. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jagannath. K 11.Monikakumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pukhraj 12.Neha. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ajaysingh 13.Nikhita Rajpurohit (Minor) and Natural Guardian Champasingh

14.Nikitakumar. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Hotiram 15.Pinki Kanwar. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Manohar Singh 16.Pooja. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ravindar Singh 17.Pooja. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sukhram 18.Poonam. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ghanshiyam Jangid 19.Rani. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Binoth Singh 20.Sangeethakumar. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kaluram 21.Shaeeesta Ambari (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sarfaraj 22.Suman Joshi. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ganesh Joshi 23.Sunaina Kumari. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Murari Poddar

24.Thrishna. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Khim Bahadur 25.Thulsi Runku. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vasanth 26.Umapareek. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vasanth 26.Umapareek. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Deepak Pareek 27.Varsha. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chotaram 28.Anitha. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mohan M 29.Anjali. L (Minor) and Natural Guardian Lalchand F 30.Deepika. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chottu Das 31.Deepika Kumari. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harchand 32.Ektha. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bnj Gopal Joshi

33.Geethakumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Prakash 34.Heena. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nemichand 35.Heera Devi. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramesh Nath 36.Hitanshi (Minor) and Natural Guardian Arjunh Singh N 37.Kalpana. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mithalal P 38.Khushboo. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Masara Ram 39.Llavisha. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Padamchand 40.Leela Suthar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shantilal Suthar 41.Mamtha. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Premchand 42.Mansi Kumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Parasmal

43.Mayakumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Parasmal 44.Monica. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dhanraj Chowdhry 45.Nikitha. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kanaram 46.Pari. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Roshan Kumar 47.Pooja. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pramod Kumar 48.Priya Mishra. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Santhosh Mishra 49.Ravina. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bagadaram 50.Shakshi. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bharat Kumar 51.Shitai Jangid (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vijay Kumar Jangid 52.Sumankumari. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ranjit Kumar Saw

53.Urmila. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Manoj Kumar 54.Usha Kumar. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Javanaram 55.Vaishnavi. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramesh B 56.Vandana. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chhogalal H 57.Varsha Kumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Purshotham Das Santh 58.Vimala Kumari. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Javanaram 59.Alka Shree. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Girdhari Sharma 60.Devika. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jalaram 61.Devayani. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sureshkumar Sahadev 62.Geethu. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Moharaj Subedi

63.Gyanika. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vikram Nagar 64.Jaishree. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nemichand Jangid 65.Jyoti R Vyas (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ravikumar 66.Karina Kumari. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Narayan Singh 67.Karishma. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar Purohit 68.Kavitha. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jabararam 69.Khushboo. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chendas Vaishnav 70.Lakishita. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jeevaraj 71.Lathika. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Narendar Kumar 72.Manisha. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Duraram

73.Mansi. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mahendar Das 74.Mansi. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Rajinder Gupta 75.Monika. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Rajendra Singh 76.Neelam. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ghisulal 77.Nirmala Kumar. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Naringaram Choudhary 78.Paval. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Premraj Sharma 79.Preethi. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shyam Prakash Mishra 80.Priyanka. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kewal Ram Patel 81.Ramshiviri Suthar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mahadev 82.Ravina Kumari. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Goparam Prajapat

83.Sakshi. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bhawarlal R 84.Sanjana. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ashok J Soni 85.Santhosh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Devi Singh K 86.Saroj Kanwar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Guman Singh M 87.Savithri Kumari. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bharath Kumar 88.Suman. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kaluram 89.Suman. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shankarlal (Petitioners 1 to 89 above are all students of Shree K.Sugunibai Sanatana Dharma Girls Higher Secondary School, 17/26, Mangappan Street, No.4, Chinna Naikaran Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai - 600 079.)

...Petitioners in W.P.No.5737/2019

1.Akshitha J. Jain (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jayanthilal

2.Chanchal M Jain (Minor) and Natural Guardian Manoj Kumar 3.Joshna R.Prajapati (Minor) and Natural Guardian Rameshji H 4.Kesar Sanghvi (Minor) and Natural Guardian Hukum Chand Sangvi 5.Khushy Dexit. U (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pinky Dexit 6.Khushi. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramaraj 7.Nisha. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jaipal S 8.Payal. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar H 9.Raveena. O (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ompuri D 10.Rinku. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Babulal 11.Sonall Audichya (Minor) and Natural Guardian Santosh Kumar

12.Taruna. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pukhraj 13.Aarthi. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chaganlal 14.Anchal Shukla. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nagendra Kumar Shukla 15.Ashwini C Mane (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chahagan Mane 16.Bhavana G Khatri (Minor) and Natural Guardian Govardhan P Khatri 17.Dimple. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Samaram Patel 18.Diya Kumari. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dinesh Kumar G 19.Geetha Kumari. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Parasmmal 20.Geetha Kumari. T (Minor) and Natural Guardian Tamaram P 21.Joshna M Prajapat (Minor) and Natural Guardian Malaram

22.Kajal. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sathan Singh 23.Kavitaa P Suthar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Prahlad Suthar 24.Kushi. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mithalal 25.Nirma Kuvar. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Babu Singh 26.Paras. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chatraram N 27.Rani. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shantilal G 28.Santosh Kumari. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mafatlal 29.Shakshi R. Shelar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Rajendar S Shelar 30.Sumitha. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kishorelal 31.Sumithra. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Arjun Singh

32.Zainab Patni (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mohammed N Patni (Petitioners 1 to 32 above are all students of Manilal M.Mehta Girls Higher Secondary School, No.1, Ravanier Street, Chennai - 600003)

...Petitioners in W.P.No.5741/2019

1.Bharath Kumar. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ramesh Suthar 2.Bharath Kumar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sawlaram 3.Bhavesh Singh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dalpat Singh 4.Chandan Kumar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Savaram 5.Goutam Singh J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jog Singh 6.Hardeep Singh. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ravinder Singh 7.Hitesh Kumar. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Devaram 8.Inder Singh. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mahendar Singh

9.Jeevaram. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Madharam 10.Jepa Ram. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ruparam 11.Jitendra Singh. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Guman Singh 12.Kamal Singh. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ranjit Singh 13.Karankumar. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pratap 14.Kuldeep Singh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dev Singh 15.Laxman Singh. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chunnilal 16.Laxman Singh. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Karan Singh 17.Mahendra Singh. R (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ranchod Mal 18.Manav Rawal. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dinesh Kumar

19.Mukesh Kumar. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kapoora Ram 20.Nikhil Kumar Saroj. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Chhedi Lal 21.Prabhu Das. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ashok Kumar 22.Praveen Kumar. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jetha Ram 23.Rakesh. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nathuram 24.Ramesh Kumar. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ghewar Chand 25.Ramesh Kumar. L (Minor) and Natural Guardian Lakharam 26.Rohit. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kushal 27.Sravan Kumar (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vagaram 28.Subham Sharma. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Girdharilal

29.Uttam Kumar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Suja Ram 30.Vishal Kumar. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Badraram 31.Vishal Purohit. C (Minor) and Natural Guardian Champalal 32.Akash Kumar. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harsan Kumar 33.Amit Singh. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sarvan Singh 34.Arjun Sharma (Minor) and Natural Guardian Suresh Kumar Sharma 35.Bhagwat. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kantilal 36.Bhagwat Singh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sarvan Dasarath Singh 37.Bhawarlal. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Arjun Singh 38.Bheru Singh. J (Minor) and Natural Guardian Jabar Singh

39.Chetan Singh. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bhik Singh 40.Deepak Kumar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shankarlal 41.Dilip Kumar. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vinod Kumar 42.Dilip. P (Minor) and Natural Guardian Pukhraj G 43.Ghautham. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dayalal 44.Hitesh. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sheraram 45.Hritick Mehta. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Dheeraj Mehta 46.Inder Singh Raj Purohi (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harish 47.Jignesh. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bhwarlal 48.Jignesh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Devaram

49.Khet Singh. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Hadmat Singh 50.Khetesh Kumar. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mohanlal 51.Kuldeep Singh. B (Minor) and Natural Guardian Bharat Singh 52.Manish. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harish 53.Manish Kumar. L (Minor) and Natural Guardian Laxman Ram 54.Milan. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Amrit 55.Monik S Jain (Minor) and Natural Guardian Satish Jain 56.Nandish. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Gordhan 57.Narpath. G (Minor) and Natural Guardian Goparam 58.Pradeep Kumar. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kedar Prasad Verma

59.Rajesh. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mohanlal 60.Rakesh Kumar. H (Minor) and Natural Guardian Harshanlal 61.Ravinder Singh. D (Minor) and Natural Guardian Deep Singh 62.Rohit O Gour (Minor) and Natural Guardian Om Prakash 63.Sanjay Kumar. A (Minor) and Natural Guardian Ambalal 64.Satish Kumar Verma (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sunil Verma 65.Sumit Kumar. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Suresh Kumar 66.Sunil. M (Minor) and Natural Guardian Mishrilal 67.Suraj. N (Minor) and Natural Guardian Nema Ram 68.Suresh Kumar. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kuyaram

69.Suresh Kumar. V (Minor) and Natural Guardian Vinod Rajpurohit 70.Tushar Bafna. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Sanjay K.Bafna 71.Vijay Raj Sharma. S (Minor) and Natural Guardian Shravan Kumar 72.Vikas Kumar. K (Minor) and Natural Guardian Kuyaram (Petitioners 1 to 72 above are all students of Shree JTC Jain Higher Secondary School)

...Petitioners in W.P.No.5743/2019

Vs 1.State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Director of School Education, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

3.The Director of Government Examinations, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

4.The Chief Educational Officer, Office of the Chief Educational Officer, Panagal Building, Saidapet, Chennai - 600 015.

5.The District Educational Officer, Chennai (East), Chennai - 600 005.

... Respondents 1 to 5 in all Writ Petitions 6.Shree Gouthamchand Kothari Jain Higher Secondary School represented by its Correspondent, 180, M.S.Koil Street, Royapuram, Chennai - 600 013.

... 6th Respondent in W.P.No.5734 of 2019 7.Shree K.Sugunibai Sanatana Dharma Girls Higher Secondary School, represented by its Correspondent 17/26, Mangappan Street, No.4, Chinna Naikaran Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai - 600 079.

... 6th Respondent in W.P.No.5737 of 2019 8.Manilal M. Mehta Girls Higher Secondary School, represented by its Correspondent, No.1, Ravanier Street, Chennai - 600 003.

... 6th Respondent in W.P.No.5741 of 2019 9.Shree JTC Jain Higher Secondary School, represented by its Correspondent, Sowcarpet, Chennai - 600 079.

... 6th Respondent in W.P.No.5743 of 2019 Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of The Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing respondents to grant petitioners with exemption from implementation of the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006 and thereby exempt the petitioners from taking Tamil as Part-I language and to permit the petitioners to writ Hindi and Gujarathi as Part-I language in the ensuing Board Examination for X Standard for the Academic Year 2018-19.

For Petitioners :

Ms.Dakshayani Reddy For Respondents :

Ms.V.Annalakshmi Government Advocate (E) [R1 to R5] ***** C O M M O N O R D E R [Order was delivered by R.SUBBIAH,J] Learned counsel for petitioners seeks permission of this Court to withdraw these petitions and has also made an endorsement to that effect. Recording the said endorsement, the Writ Petitions are dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. [R.P.S., J] [K.R., J] 28.03.2019 Speaking (or) Non Speaking Order Index : Yes/ No, Internet : Yes gm

To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Director of School Education, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

3.The Director of Government Examinations, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

4.The Chief Educational Officer, Office of the Chief Educational Officer, Panagal Building, Saidapet, Chennai - 600 015.

5.The District Educational Officer, Chennai (East), Chennai - 600 005.

R.SUBBIAH, J AND KRISHNAN RAMASAMY, J gm Writ Petition Nos.5734, 5737, 5741 and 5743 of 2019 28.03.2019