Montfort Anglo Indian Higher v. The Government Of Tamil Nadu,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 22.10.2018

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.MANIKUMAR AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE ABDUL QUDDHOSE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD W.P.No.38651 of 2016 Montfort Anglo Indian Higher Secondary School, Yercaud, Salem District 636 601 Rep. by its Headmaster & Correspondent, Bro. Varghese ...

Petitioner vs.

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

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

3.The Inspector of Anglo Indian Schools, DPI Compound, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006.

4.The Chief Educational Officer, Chief Educational Officer, Salem.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records pertaining to the guidelines issued by the 1st respondent to the 2nd respondent in Letter (MS) No.134 dated 18.07.2016 and to quash

the same and to direct the respondents to grant exemption to those students of the petitioner school namely (1) Adhikesavan K., (2) Alvin K.Biju, (3) Gaurav Bhaskar (4) Gokul Rajer, (5) Hridhu Haroonst (6) John Baiju, (7) Joseph V. Vellukunnel, (8) Rohan V.D., (9) Shettiar Shivakumar, (10) Sonu Seastian, (11) Tejas Murthy P, (12) Yashwant G.S., (13) Dharani P.I., (14) Seba Sebastian, (15) Mridula Kalaiselvan, (16) Nanditha R., (17) Pooja Joseph Mattam, (18) Pranathi Reddy B., (19) Raksha Venkateswaran, (20) Shahina, (21) Svetha Saravanan, (22) Akilan C., (23) Allen Boby Puthen, (24) Andrews Renil, (25) Aravindharaja S., (26) Frankincense Solomon Phawa, (27) Karthik Raj S., (28) Kishore Sanjay V.S., (29) Leon Joe Sidharth, (30) Marcus Durairaj (FOR), (31) Pranav J., (32) Sachu Saji Thomas,

(33) Shailesh B., (34) Thomas V. Thomas, (35) Veera Manikandan J.M. and (36) Vishvajit S (NRI) from writing the Tamil language papers in 10th Standard public examination under Part-I on March 2017 for the academic year 2016-17.

For Petitioner : Mr.Gouthaman For Respondents : Mr.C.Munusamy, Special Government Pleader (Education)

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.MANIKUMAR, J) Mr.Gouthaman, learned counsel for the petitioner, submitted that exemption prayed for, has been granted. Prayer sought for in the writ petition, has become infructuous. He has also made an endorsement to that effect.

2. Placing on record the above, writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No Costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VIII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar dm To 1.The Principal Secretary, Government of Tamil Nadu Department of School Education Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

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

3.The Inspector of Anglo Indian Schools, DPI Compound, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006 4.The Chief Educational Officer, Chief Educational Officer, Salem.

W.P.No.38651 of 2016 RSI(CO) CSL/30.01.2019