Madras High CourtWP/18484/2026disposed of

A.V. Srinivasan, v. The State Of Tamil Nadu,

2026-06-04Honourable Ms. Justice P.T. Asha14 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 04-06-2026

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA & WMP NO. 19817 of 2026

1. A.V. Srinivasan

2. S.Harikrishnan

3. B.Sivakumar

4. G.Gandhimathi

5. G.Thiruselvam

6. A.Francis

7. D.Senthilkumar

8. M.Thangavel

9. P.Kandasami 10.

S.Diravidamani 11.

G.Babu, 12.

P.Suresh 13.

A.Murugadass 14.

M.Natarajan 15.

P.Thilagar 16.

R.Kadhiravan

17.

S.Senthilkumar 18.

R.Selvamuthukumarasamy 19.

K.Thiraviyam 20.

R.Vijayalakshmi 21.

S.Veeramani 22.

G.Suresh Babu 23.

P.Swaminathan 24.

S.Manimaran 25.

S.Chellaganesh 26.

S.Selvakumar 27.

A.Anbarasan 28.

G.Jayapaul 29.

G.Chandramugam 30.

A.Saravanakumar 31.

I.Vijaya 32.

R.VeeraJagadeesh 33.

M.Rajalakshmi 34.

C.Usha Rani 35.

B.Anbumani 36.

P.Kasinathan

37.

A.Shaik Mohamed 38.

P.Balamurugan 39.

K.Alagamuthu 40.

M.Senthilnathan 41.

K.Ganesan 42.

K.Muthuselvan 43.

N.Kalpana 44.

S.Pushpalatha 45.

G.Sumathi 46.

P.Venkatesan 47.

G.Umamaheswari 48.

S.Devaraj 49.

P.Ayyanarappan 50.

C.Annadurai 51.

E.Saravanan 52.

S.Dhanagarasu 53.

P.Madhu 54.

C.Chinnathambi 55.

K.Sumathi 56.

T.Krishnamoorthy

57.

M.Kumaravel 58.

K.Sankar 59.

A.G.Jayakrishnan 60.

P.S.Nagajothi 61.

S.Arun 62.

D.Premkumar 63.

S.Abudhagir 64.

M.Mani 65.

R.Manikandan 66.

C.Janakiraman 67.

V.Ganesan 68.

S.Karuppasamy 69.

R.Senthilkumar 70.

P.Mohandhas 71.

S.Thanis 72.

N.K.Mahendran ..petitioner(s) Vs

1. The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Principal Secretary to Government, Department of School Education,

Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2. The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Principal Secretary to Government Department of Finance, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

3. The Director of School Education, DPI Complex, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 006.

4. The Joint Director of School Education, DPI Complex, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai 600 006.

5. The Chief Educational Officer, Chengulpet District, Chegulpet.

6. The Chief Educational Officer, Chennai District, Chennai

7. The Chief Educational Officer, Thiruvannamalai District, Thiruvannamalai.

8. The Chief Educational Officer, Villupuram District, Villupuram.

9. The Chief Educational Officer, Cuddalore District, Cuddalore 10.

The Chief Educational Officer, Kallakurichi District, Kallakurichi

11.

The Chief Educational Officer, Krishnagiri District, Krishnagiri 12.

The Chief Educational Officer, Thiruvarur District, Thirvarur 13.

The Chief Educational Officer, Thiruchirapalli District, Thiruchirapalli 14.

The Chief Educational Officer, Coimbatore District, Coiambatore 15.

The Chief Educational Officer, Nilgiris District, Nilgiris.

16.

The Chief Educational Officer, Nagapatinam District, Nagapatinam.

17.

The Chief Educational Officer, Myladuthurai District, Myladuthurai 18.

The Chief Educational Officer, Thanjavur District, Thanjavur 19.

The Chief Educational Officer, Pudukottai District, Pudukottai.

20.

The Chief Educational Officer, Theni District, Theni

21.

The Chief Educational Officer, Sivagangai District, Sivagangai 22.

The Chief Educational Officer, Madurai District, Madurai.

23.

The Chief Educational Officer, Virudhungar District, Virudhunagar.

24.

The Chief Educational Officer, Dindigul District, Dindigul 25.

The Chief Educational Officer, Tenkasi District, Tenkasi 26.

The Chief Educational Officer, Kanyakumari District, Kanyakumari 27.

The Chief Educational Officer, Thindivanam District, Thindivanam.

28.

The Chief Educational Officer, Perambalur District, Perambalur.

..Respondent(s) Prayer:

This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India seeking writ of mandamus directing the Respondents 1 to 4, to extend the benefit of G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education Department, dated 09.02.2007 to the petitioners by regularising their services as Vocational

Instructors Grade - II and fixing them in the time scale of pay with all attendant service and monetary benefits from the date of their respective initial appointments.

For petitioner(s):

Mrs. Nalini Chidambaram Senior Counsel For Mrs. C.Uma For Respondent(s):

Mr. V.Prasad Government Advocate R1 to R28

ORDER

This writ petition is filed for the following relief: "To direct the respondents 1 to 4, to extend the benefit of G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education Department, dated 09.02.2007 to the petitioners by regularising their services as Vocational Instructors Grade - II and fixing them in the time scale of pay with all attendant service and monetary benefits from the date of their respective initial appointments."

2. The petitioners are working as Vocational Instructors in Government and Aided Schools. They were appointed by Parent Teacher Association and Aided School Managements in the years, 1996 to 2007

and are in service till date.

3. The petitioners possess either a Diploma in Mechanical Engineering or Electrical Engineering, or a Degree of B.Com / M.Com, which are the requisite qualifications for the post of Vocational Instructor Grade - II as prescribed under the applicable rules and the Government Order. Despite their long and continuous service, the petitioners are receiving a paltry sum of Rs.2,000/- to Rs.4,000/- per month from the PTA Fund / School Management Fund, which is wholly insufficient for their livelihood and is no way commensurate with the nature of work performed by them.

4. The case of the petitioners is that the Government had passed the Government Order in G.O.Ms.No.35, School Education Department, dated 09.02.2007, granting permission to regularise fully qualified part time Vocational Instructors appointed on temporary basis and to bring them under regular time scale of pay on a priority basis. The said GO is a beneficial order issued in recognition of the long and continuous service rendered by qualified part time vocational instructors.

5. The grievance of the petitioners is that their regularisation as Vocational Instructor Grade - II was kept in abeyance even after repeated

certificate verification. Therefore, the petitioners made a representation dated 20.03.2026 to respondents, requesting them to consider their case and to extend the benefit of GO.Ms.No.35. Since there is no response, the petitioners are before this Court with the aforesaid relief.

6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the petitioners' representation dated 20.03.2026 has not been considered, without going into the merits of the petitioners' claim, a direction is issued to the respondents to consider the petitioners' representation and pass orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of 8 weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

7. With the above direction, this writ petition is disposed of. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. No costs. 04-06-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order KAN

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