Ravichandran R v. The Director Of Collegiate Education
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 13.10.2025
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU W.P.(MD)No.24597 of 2025 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.19289, 19290 and 19724 of 2025 Dr.R.Ravichandran
...Petitioner
Vs 1.The Director of Collegiate Education, Institute of Advance Study in Education Campus, No.577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai.
2.The Commissioner, The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board, 119, Uthamar Gandhi Road, Nungampakkam, Chennai.
3.The Joint Commissioner, The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board, Dindigul.
4.The Governing Council, Represented by the Secretary, Arulmigu Palani Andavar College of Arts and Culture, Palani, Dindigul District.
... Respondents 1/5
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying this Court to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to the impugned Resolution No.14 dated 25.06.2025 passed by the respondent No.4, and to quash the same illegal, and consequently for a direction, directing the respondents to re-employ the petitioner in the post of Associate Professor in the History Department at the respondent No.4 College, for the period from 01.07.2025 to 31.05.2026 under the Re-employment Scheme, in accordance with the Government Order in G.O. (Ms) No.192 Higher Education (F1) Department dated 12.11.2024, within the time stipulated by this Court.
For Petitioner : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For M/s.Roy and Roy Associates For R1 : Mr.N.Satheesh Kumar Additional Government Pleader For R2 & R3 : Mr.G.Suriyananth Additional Government Pleader For R4 : Mr.R.Murali
O R D E R
This writ petition has been filed challenging the impugned resolution No.14 dated 25.06.2025 passed by the fourth respondent, and consequently for a direction to the respondents to re-employ the petitioner in the post of Associate Professor in the History Department at 2/5
the fourth respondent College, for the period from 01.07.2025 to 31.05.2026 under the Re-employment Scheme, in accordance with the Government Order in G.O. (Ms) No.192 Higher Education (F1) Department dated 12.11.2024, within the time stipulated by this Court.
2. Considering the fact that the fourth respondent had passed an order of rejection without assigning any reasons as to whether anything adverse to the petitioner has been reported or that there is no exemplary contribution regarding the Education Student Committee to reject the request for re-employment till the end of the academic year, the order impugned herein is set aside and the matter is remitted back to the fourth respondent to consider the case of the petitioner in line with the Government Order in G.O.Ms.No.192 Higher Education (F1) Department, dated 12.11.2024. If the petitioner is found eligible to be reemployed in accordance with the said G.O., the fourth respondent shall forward a proposal to the first responden within a period of two weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. If a positive response is made from the first respondent, the fourth respondent shall pass appropriate orders within a period of four weeks thereafter. 3/5
3. The writ petition stands disposed of with the above direction. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
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To:
1.The Director of Collegiate Education, Institute of Advance Study in Education Campus, No.577, Anna Salai, Saidapet, Chennai.
2.The Commissioner, The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board, 119, Uthamar Gandhi Road, Nungampakkam, Chennai.
3.The Joint Commissioner, The Hindu Religious and Charitable Endowment Board, Dindigul.
4.The Secretary, The Governing Council, Arulmigu Palani Andavar College of Arts and Culture, Palani, Dindigul District.
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K.KUMARESH BABU , J.
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