G.Jeyalakshmi v. The State Of Tamil Nadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 10.09.2024
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR W.P(MD)No.21445 of 2024 and W.M.P.(MD) No.18143 of 2024 G.Jeyalakshmi ... Petitioner Vs.
1. The State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The Director of School Education, D.P.I. Campus, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006.
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, DPI Campus, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006.
... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents 1 to 3 to declare the petitioner is entitled to be appointed, as B.T.Assistant 1/6
Teacher, on the basis of TET Marks and TET - passed year seniority, having completed certificate verification before 20.07.2018 i.e., the date of passing of G.O.(Ms) No.149, School Education (TRB)) Department, dated 20.07.2018, without resorting to any competitive examination as stated in G.O.(Ms) No.149, dated 20.07.2018, within a time frame fixed by this Court. For Petitioner : Mr.F.X.Eugene For R1 and R2 : Mr.N.Satheesh Kumar Additional Government Pleader For R3 : Ms.V.R.Shanmuganathan Standing Counsel
O R D E R
The instant writ petition has been filed by an aspirant to the post of B.T.Assistant, seeking a Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the seniority of the petitioner on the basis of her pass in TET examination and to appoint without considering G.O.(Ms) No.149, School Education (TRB)) Department, dated 20.07.2018.
2.A similar request was made by 400 aspirants in W.P.(MD)Nos.26084, 26133, 27571, 27807, 28291, 32081, 32218, 32698 and 35350 of 2023. The said issue was resolved by the Hon'ble Division Bench on 10.07.2024. So 2/6
many aspirants had also sought to implead themselves in the said writ petition. The Hon'ble Division Bench in paragraph Nos.36 to 38 has held as follows:
"36. In view of the above discussion and findings, we are of the considered opinion that the writ petitioners are entitled to the reliefs sought herein. However, as stated earlier, this order is only restricted to these petitioners alone.
37.The petition in WMP No.7353 of 2024 in W.P.No.26133 of 2023, has been filed to implead the petitioners therein in the writ petition mentioned hereinabove, without stating in what capacity they seek to be impleaded, while making stray averments that they are similarly placed as the petitioners. Also, the said petition has been filed after the arguments were completed in the writ petitions and the counsel for the impleading petitioners was not able to answer any of the queries raised by this Court. Therefore, we are of the view that the impleading petition is throughly misconceived in law and the same deserves to be dismissed with exemplary costs. However, we refrain from imposing any costs. As such, this miscellaneous petition is dismissed.
38.In the result, all the writ petitions are allowed with a direction to the State Government to continue the process of 3/6
appointment left midway in 2017, insofar as the petitioners are concerned and appoint them as Secondary Grade Teachers, or Graduate Assistants as the case may be, as expeditiously as possible, without causing any further delay, if they are otherwise eligible for appointment as per the eligibility criteria laid down by the NCTE, and to appoint them as teachers depending on their respective merit/ranking as per the weightage method and their TET scores, applying the rule of reservation accordingly. As these writ petitions were filed well before the recruitment notification dated 25.10.2023, number of vacancies already advertised in the said recruitment notification or the present number of vacancies shall not be cited as a reason for not giving effect to the direction stated above.
3. In view of the categorical findings of the Hon'ble Division Bench, the present writ petition by a fence-sitter is not maintainable. 4/6
4.With the above said observations, this writ petition stands dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently connected Miscellaneous Petition stands closed.
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1. The Principal Secretary, Department of Education, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.
2. The Director of School Education, D.P.I. Campus, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006.
3. The Chairman, Teachers Recruitment Board, DPI Campus, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 600 006.
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