Anchal v. State Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 14.07.2023

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE J.NISHA BANU AND THE HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE N.MALA W.P.No.6106 to 6109 of 2019 and W.M.P.No.6930, 6933, 6938, 6939, 7014 & 7017 of 2019 W.P.No.6106/2019 1 Anchal Minor Rep. by Father and Natural Guardian Dinesh Saroj 2 Anchal Saroj C Natural Guardian Chedilal 3 Anusha S Natural Guardian Sriram Yadav 4 Bhavana P Natural Guardian Prabhuram Parbar 5 Dimple Kumari Natural Guardian Prakash Kumar 6 Gudiya Kumari Page 1/25

Natural Guardian Devaram 7 Hemalatha R Natural Guardian Ram Singh 8 Kiran Kanwar Natural Guardian Bhom Singh 9 Mafi Kumari C Natural Guardian Chandan Singh 10 Monika Soni R Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Ramesh Soni 11 Pinki Kumar Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Lakshman Singh 12 Pooja P Natural Guardian Padam Singh 13 Priyanka M Natural Guardian Mahesh 14 Puran Kunwar A Natural Guardian Abhay Singh 15 Rinkle Mali D Natural Guardian Manju Devi Page 2/25

16 Shikha Kumari A Natural Guardian Anil Kumar Singh 17 Sushila R Natural Guardian Ram Bahadur B.K 18 Urmila Kumari A Natural Guardian Asha Ram 19 Usha Kumari H Natural Guardian Harish Singh 20 Anamika Mishra Natural Guardian Shanthi Bushan Mishra 21 Anchal Bagmar Natural Guardian Raj Kumar Bagmar 22 Bhavana Kumari H Natural Guardian Harish Kumar 23 Bhavana P Natural Guardian Pukhraj 24 Deepika Rajpurohit B Natural Guardian Bhik Singh D. Rajpurohit Page 3/25

25 Deepika N Natural Guardian Narayanlal 26 Dikshitha Natural Guardian Prithivi Raj 27 Dimple Kumari S Natural Guardian Savlaram 28 Divya DI Natural Guardian Durgaram 29 Divya Gandhi R Natural Guardian Raj Gandhi 30 Divya. I Natural Guardian Indermal 31 Divya Kumar Natural Guardian Dhan Singh 32 Divya P Natural Guardian Padam Singh 33 Harshitha A Shah Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Shah Ashok Kumar Jasraj Page 4/25

34 Joshna M Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Monaram 35 Jyothi R Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Rajesh C 36 Kalpana H Natural Guardian Haridwar Pandey 37 Kantha S Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Sajaram 38 Kavitha Kumari M Natural Guardian Masara Ram Madanlal 39 Khushbu K Natural Guardian Kanaram H 40 Kushbu R Natural Guardian Ram Suresh 41 Khushi Agarwal A Natural Guardian Arun Agarwal 42 Khushi Singh M Natural Guardian Manoj Kumar Singh 43 Khushbu L Page 5/25

Natural Guardian Lakshman Singh 44 Lakshmi Devi M Natural Guardian Magh Singh 45 Laveena Solanki Natural Guardian Ratan Lal 46 Mamta N Natural Guardian Narayan Lal T 47 Manisha H Natural Guardian Hanjarimal 48 Manisha Kumari Natural Guardian Fularam Mali 49 Manisha Kumari M Natural Guardian Megh Singh M 50 Mapila Kumari Natural Guardian Goparam 51 Meenakshi A Natural Guardian Arun Singh V 52 Moksha Jain A Natural Guardian Abhay Kumar Jain Page 6/25

53 Monika A Natural Guardian Ajay Choudhary 54 Narmada Kunwar J Natural Guardian Jabar Singh 55 Neethu B Natural Guardian Bhawarlal 56 Nikita Kumari R Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar 57 Nikitha Kanwar Natural Guardian Purshotham Parwat Singh 58 Nisha S Natural Guardian Suresh Kumar H 59 Nitu Kumari Patel Natural Guardian Kangaram Patel 60 Nitya P Natural Guardian Pawan Kumar Pandey 61 Payal B Natural Guardian Bhopal Singh Page 7/25

62 Pooja Kumari Natural Guardian Chatraram Mali 63 Pooja N Natural Guardian Nagaram 64 Poorna Kumari Natural Guardian Prahalad Singh A 65 Priya B Natural Guardian Bhagyawanthi 66 Rani Kumari K Natural Guardian Kalyan Singh 67 Rinku R Natural Guardian Rooparam Chowdhary 68 Sapna Rajpurohit J Natural Guardian Jabbarlal Purohit 69 Sarikha Kumari C Natural Guardian Chatraraj Purohit 70 Savithri Kumari S Natural Guardian Shantilal Page 8/25

71 Simran Chowdhary J Natural Guardian Joraram Chowdhary 72 Suraj J Natural Guardian Jamat Raj 73 Suraj Kumari S Natural Guardian Shambugiri 74 Tina H Natural Guardian Haridass 75 Tina P Natural Guardian Lakshmi 76 Varsha Jain Natural Guardian Kamal Chand 77 Vasanthi J Natural Guardian Jeeta Ram D 78 Vimala Kumari Natural Guardian Shanthilal L 79 Vimala Kumari N Natural Guardian Navaram T Sudhar 80 Vishaka P Page 9/25

Natural Guardian Shushil Jain 81 Yashika Jain Natural Guardian Lalith Kumar 82 Yogitha L Rajpurohit Natural Guardian Lalith Rajpuohit (Petitioners 1 to 82 above are all Students of Ganeshbai Galada Jain Girl Higher Secondary School, No.102, Mint Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai - 600 079) ..Respondents Vs 1 State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government School Educational Department Fort St. George Chennai 600009 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, Chennai 600 005 6 Ganeshbai Galada Jain Girls Higher Secondary School Rep. by its Page 10/25

Correspondent No.102 Mint Street Sowcarpet , Chennai 600 079 ..Respondents W.P.No.6109/2019

1. Abhishek Nishad, Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Lohar Nishad

2. Goutham V Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Vijayaraj H

3. Hamanshu Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Manoj Kumar

4. Pradeep Kumar Yadav Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Sahejaram Yadam

5. Vagaram G Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Gujaram M

6. Basant Rana D.

Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Duglal rana

7. Gautham Kumar Sharma Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Rajendra Sharma B

8. Kush Kinzal Sukhadia Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Kinzal Mansukh Sukhadia

9. Manoj A Page 11/25

Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Anil D Patil

10. Rishab K Gupta Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Keshav Gupta

11. Tupai R Ghorai Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Ramghorai K (Petitioners 1 to 11 above are all Students of Sri A.B.Parekh Gujarati Vidyamandir Higher Secondary School, 19, Ekambareswarar Agraharam Chennai - 600 003) ..Petitioners Vs 1 State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government School Educational Department Fort St. George Chennai 600009 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, Chennai 600 005 6 Sri A.B.Parekh Gujarati Vidyamandir Higher Secondary School, Page 12/25

rep.by its Correspondent, 19, Ekambareswarar Agraharam Chennai - 600 003 ..Respondents W.P.No.6181 of 2019 1 Ajay B Minor Rep. by Father and Natural Guardian Babulal 2 Akash G Natural Guardian Gopal K 3 Ansh Kumar K Natural Guardian H. Kalyan 4 Arjun Kumar Purohit J Natural Guardian G. Jayantilal 5 Bhagirath Singh A Natural Guardian Aravind Singh 6 Bharat Prajapat L Natural Guardian Laxman Singh 7 Bharath Kumar C Natural Guardian Chunnilal Rajpurohit 8 Bhavesh G Natural Guardian Galabaram Page 13/25

9 Bhavesh R Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar 10 Bhawarlal Patel Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Jeevaram Students of Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr. Sec.

School 17/26 Mangappa 11 Chandra Prakash M Natural Guardian Mahendar Singh 12 Chirag Jain R Natural Guardian Raju 13 Devesh Kumar Gupta Natural Guardian Gopal Kumar Gupta 14 Ghanshya M Natural Guardian Mahesh 15 Harsh V Natural Guardian Vikas Kumar J 16 Hemanth Goud A Natural Guardian Ajit Goud 17 Himanshu D Natural Guardian Dinesh Kumar H Page 14/25

18 Hitesh A Natural Guardian Ashramji K 19 Jai Prakash Jangid Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Manoj Kumar Jangid 20 Jignesh Kumar Natural Guardian Bhimraj 21 Kailash Kumar Mali M Natural Guardian Mohanlal Mali 22 Karan Singh J Natural Guardian Jitendar Singh 23 Kishan Mali A Natural Guardian Arjun Ram Mali Students of Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr.

Sec. School 17/26 Ma 24 Juldeep Jangid H Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Hanuman Jangid 25 Ramesh Kumar L Natural Guardian Lalith Kumar 26 Lalith Kumar Mali Natural Guardian Laxman Page 15/25

27 Mahendar S Natural Guardian Sohan Kumar 28 Mahender T Natural Guardian Tejaram 29 Mahesh Kumar J Natural Guardian Jagaram 30 Manav Jain R Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar 31 Manish Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Mangalramji 32 Manish Kumar A Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Ashok Kumar 33 Manish Purohit A Natural Guardian Ashok Dharma Hr. Sec.

School 17/26 Mangappan 34 Manoj B Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Bagdaram Students of Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr. Sec.

School 17/26 Mangappan 35 Mayank Acharya A Natural Guardian Ajay Acharya Page 16/25

36 Mahesh Kumar Natural Guardian Ashu Singh Purohit 37 Mukesh S Natural Guardian Santosh 38 Mularam B Natural Guardian Ballaram 39 Mularam D Natural Guardian Darjaram Students of Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr. Sec.

School 17/26 Mangappa 40 Nakshatra K Natural Guardian Kamlesh Parmar S 41 Nand Kishore P Natural Guardian Pukhraj Prajapat 42 Narendar P Natural Guardian Pushpander 43 Naresh Kumar K Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Kesharam D 44 Nikhil Kumar Natural Guardian Ashu Singh Purohit Page 17/25

45 Omkar Chavan S Natural Guardian Srikanth Chavan 46 Pradeep K Natural Guardian Kanthilal 47 Pradeep Mali G Natural Guardian Goparam Mali 48 Pradeep Singh M Natural Guardian Mangal Singh 49 Prasanth T Natural Guardian Tejraj K 50 Prasanth Sharma Natural Guardian Bhanwarlal Sharma 51 Prashant Kumar Natural Guardian Kishore 52 Praveen Kumar L Natural Guardian Lunaram 53 Rahul A Natural Guardian Arun Singh 54 Rahul Raj Purohit G Page 18/25

Natural Guardian Gowri Shankar Rajpurohit 55 Rakesh Chowdhry Natural Guardian Rugaram Chowdhry 56 Rakesh N Natural Guardian Gordhan 57 Narpath G Natural Guardian Narayanlal 58 Rakesh Patel B Natural Guardian Babulal 59 Rakesh S Natural Guardian D Shankarlal 60 Rushikesh Nalawade Natural Guardian Chandrakanth U 61 Sagar R Natural Guardian Ramesh Kumar 62 Samkit S Jain Natural Guardian Satish Kumar J Jain 63 Sanjay Kumar Page 19/25

Natural Guardian Dalpat Kumar Lakhara 64 Sanjay Patel R Natural Guardian Ramesh J 65 Sathish Kumar Purohit Natural Guardian Chaganlal N 66 Shripal Singh M Minor represented by Father and Natural Guardian Manohar Singh 67 Sowrab M Natural Guardian M. Mukesh Sharma 68 Sripal Kumar G Natural Guardian Gopal Ram 69 Sumanat Pandey O Natural Guardian Om Prakash Pandey 70 Sumeet M. Rajpurohit Natural Guardian Sanjay Mohanlal T 71 Tejaram K Natural Guardian Khetaram 72 Umang M Verma Natural Guardian Manoj Verma Page 20/25

73 Vikash L Raj Purohit Natural Guardian Lalith Raj Purohit 74 Vishal Rai Natural Guardian Rajesh Rai a Dharma Hr.

Sec. School 17/26 Mangap 75 Yash Chouhan Natural Guardian Yogesh Chauhan 76 Yogesh N Khandelwal Natural Guardian Naresh P.Khandelwal (Petitioners 1 to 76 above are all Students of Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Higher Secondary School, Sowcarpet, Chennai - 600 079) ..Petitioners.

Vs 1 State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government School Educational Department Fort St. George Chennai 600009 2 The Director of School Education College Road, Chennai 600 006 3 The Director of Government Examinations, College Road,Chennai 600 006 Page 21/25

4 The Chief Educational Officer Office of the Chief Educational Officer Panagal Building Saidapet, Chennai 600 015 5 The District Educational Officer, Chennai, Chennai 600 005

6. Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr.Sec.School, rep. by its Correspondent, 17/26 Mangappan Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai.

..Respondents.

Prayer in all the W.Ps.

Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to grant the 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 write Hindi 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 : Mr.E.Vijay Anand, Additional Government Pleader for R1 to R5 COMMON ORDER Learned counsel appearing for the petitioners would state that the issue involved in these writ petitions has become infructuous and Page 22/25

therefore, the writ petitions may be dismissed as infructuous. Learned counsel for the petitioners has also made an endorsement to that effect.

2. In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel for the petitioners, the Writ Petitions are dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

(J.N.B,J.) (N.M., J.) Index : Yes / No 14.07.2023 vsi To 1 State of Tamil Nadu Rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government School Educational Department Fort St. George Chennai 600009 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, Chennai 600 005 6 Sri A.B.Parekh Gujarati Vidyamandir Higher Secondary School, Page 23/25

rep.by its Correspondent, 19, Ekambareswarar Agraharam Chennai - 600 003

7. Ganeshbai Galada Jain Girls Higher Secondary School Rep. by its Correspondent No.102 Mint Street Sowcarpet , Chennai 600 079

8. Shree Motilal Fomra Sanatana Dharma Hr.Sec.School, rep. by its Correspondent, 17/26 Mangappan Street, Sowcarpet, Chennai.

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J. NISHA BANU, J.

and N.MALA,J.

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