Kerala Education Society Senior Secondary School & Anr. v. Directorate of Education
Case brief
What is this about?
High Court of Delhi; W.P.(C) 1436/2025; CM APPL. 6998/2025; CM APPL. 6999/2025; Kerala Education Society Senior Secondary School v Directorate of Education; Article 226 of the Constitution; linguistic minority institution; minority school; recruitment process; DoE memorandum dated 04.01.2025; recruitment kept in abeyance; DoE jurisdiction over minority schools; intimation/communication dated 18.09.2024; reply dated 07.01.2025; time-bound final decision within four weeks; hearing of petitioners' representative; rights and contentions left open; Prateek Jalan, J.; order dated 04.02.2025; writ petition disposed of with directions.
What did the court decide?
Writ petition and pending applications disposed of with directions: DoE to take a final decision on the recruitment-process questions within four weeks and communicate it to the petitioner through learned counsel on record, after hearing the petitioners' representative; DoE to bear in mind the legal position on its jurisdiction in the case of minority schools; all rights and contentions of the parties left open.