The petitioner was working as a Junior Assistant in the first respondent School, which is an aided school, governed by The Tamil Nadu Recognized Private Schools [Regulation] Act, 1973. In contemplation of certain charges relating to financial irregularities, the Management of the School placed him under suspension by order dated 20.07.2001 w.e.f. 21.07.2001. Challenging the said order of suspension, the petitioner filed a writ petition in W.P.No.13541 of 2001 before this court. Initially, this court had passed an order of interim stay of the order of suspension. In pursuance of the same, the petitioner joined duty on 06.08.2001. Finally, the said writ petition was disposed of by order dated 28.04.2003. Without going into the merits of the case, this court simply issued a direction to the respondents to take into account the representations of the petitioner and also after hearing him to dispose of the same on merits within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the said order. The District Educational Officer, Cheranmahadevi, by his proceedings in Na.Ka.No.2881/A3/95 dated 31.05.2002 issued a direction to the school management to claim salary arrears for the petitioner for the period between 12.03.1996 and 25.05.1996, that is, the period of suspension and also to continue to pay salary as per the revised scale of pay. That order is under challenge before this court in W.P.No.22367 of 2002 at the instance of the management.
