R.Bavani v. The Government Of

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 29.01.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND and W.M.P.Nos. 16942, 8562 & 8563 of 2017 R. Bavani ... Petitioner in both WPs Vs.

1.The Government of Tamil Nadu, Rep., by its Additional Chief Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Nodal Agency for conducting TNTET, College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai - 600 006.

3.The Director of Elementary School Education, College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai - 600 006.

4.The District Elementary Educational Officer, 5.The Assistant Elementary Educational Officer, 1/4

6.The Manager, Aided Primary School, Palakollai, Palakollai and Post, ... Respondents in both WPs Prayer in W.P.No.7829 of 2023: Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Quo Warranto, against the second respondent, who is holding the office of the Nodal Agency to conduct the Tamil Nadu Teachers Eligibility Test (TNTET) without any authority under the law. Prayer in W.P.No.7830 of 2023: Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of a Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records of the impugned notification/advertisement vide Advertisement No.01/2017, dated 24.02.2017 issued by the second respondent and quash the same as illegal and invalid, without any authority of law as the second respondent's appointment as designated Nodal Agency to conduct TNTET vide G.O.Ms.No.181 dated 15.11.2011, is against the mandatory statutory provisions of sub-Section (1) of Section 23 and Sub-Sections (1), (3) and (4) of Section 38 and clause (j) of Section 2 of the RTE Act, 2009.

For Petitioner : Ms. M. Arulmangai For Respondents : Mr. E. Vijay Anand, for R1 to R5 Additional Government Pleader C O M M O N O R D E R Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in view of the subsequent development happened during the pendency of these writ petitions, the learned counsel sought permission of this Court to withdraw these writ petitions. Permission is granted.

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Accordingly, these Writ Petitions are dismissed as withdrawn. 3.

Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 4.

There shall be no order as to costs.

29.01.2024 Index :Yes/No AT To 1.The Additional Chief Secretary to Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, School Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, Nodal Agency for conducting TNTET, College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai - 600 006.

3.The Director of Elementary School Education, College Road, DPI Campus, Chennai - 600 006.

4.The District Elementary Educational Officer, 5.The Assistant Elementary Educational Officer, 3/4

BATTU DEVANAND, J.

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