The State Of Tamil Nadu, v. S.Durga,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 21.02.2024

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN 1.The State of Tamil Nadu represented by the Principal Secretary, Department of School Education, Fort St. George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, 4th Floor, E.V.K.Sampath Malligai, D.P.I. Complex, College Road, Chennai 600 006.

... Appellants Vs.

S.Durga ... Respondent Prayer: Writ Appal is filed under Clause 15 of Letter Patent against the order passed by this Court in W.P.(MD).No.16004 of 2012, dated 21.01.2013. For Appellants : Mr.D.Sadiq Raja Additional Government Pleader For Respondent : Mr.D.Shanmugaraja Sethupathi 1/4

J U D G M E N T

(Judgment of the Court was delivered by V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN, J.) This writ appeal is directed against the order of the learned single Judge passed in W.P.(MD).No.16004 of 2012, dated 21.01.2013.

2. The appellants are the respondents in W.P.(MD).No.16004 of 2012 filed by the respondent herein / writ petitioner. The respondent herein filed the writ petition seeking to declare the non-selection of the respondent by the proceedings of the second appellant dated 05.12.2012 as illegal and null and void and consequently direct the appellants to appoint the respondent in the post of B.T.Assistant (Graduate Teacher), Maths with consequential benefits.

3. The learned single Judge of this Court disposed of the writ petition by observing that if there are vacancies remaining unfilled, the Teachers Recruitment Board may address a letter to the Government for the evaluation of equivalence of degrees, such as the one obtained by the petitioner. Upon receipt of such a request from the Recruitment Board, the Government may constitute an Equivalence Committee and take a decision within a period of twelve weeks. 2/4

Challenging the same, the present writ appeal has been filed by the official respondents.

4. Mr.D.Shanmugaraja Sethupathi, learned counsel appearing for the respondent would submit that as per the order of this Court, dated 21.01.2013, an Equivalence Committee was constituted and the respondent/writ petitioner has been accommodated in one of the said post and nothing survives in this writ appeal for further adjudication.

5. Recording the above said submissions, this Writ Appeal is closed. No costs.

[V.B.S.,J.] [K.K.R.K.,J.] 21.02.2024 Index : Yes/No Internet : Yes/No NCC : Yes/No akv 3/4

V.BHAVANI SUBBAROYAN,J.

and K.K.RAMAKRISHNAN,J.

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