In 1992, by way of an Executive Order, the State Government provided for a ratio for filling up of post of Principal to those Higher Secondary Schools and Executive Order was substituted by a set of rules under proviso to Article 309 of the Constitution with effect from 29-6-1994. It is this rule providing for a ratio in respect of these inducted teachers, which was the subject matter of challenge before the Administrative Tribunal. The Tribunal by the impugned order came to the conclusion that there has been no discrimination in providing a quota for these inducted teachers to be appointed as Principal of the Higher Secondary Schools and dismissed the application filed by the Post-Graduate Teachers. Against this order of the Tribunal, the present appeals have been preferred. It is contended with vehement that prescribing a quota for the unqualified people like the condensed course teachers is grossly discriminatory and it prejudices the chance of promotion of the regular Post-Graduate Teachers and there is no reasons or rationale to have a separate qualification between the Post-Graduate Teachers having Post-Graduate Degree as their qualification and such Post-Graduate Teachers, who are called inducted teachers, who became eligible only by virtue of having their condensed course qualification. The counsel appearing for the State, on the other hand, took us through the asset ions made in the counter-affidavit indicating the reasons, which the employer, the State Government a quota for these group of inducted teachers. Prescribing a quota in the matter of promotion has already been considered in several decisions of this Court and has been upheld in P. Murugesan v. 1993 AIR State of Tamil Nadu and T. R. Kothandaraman v. T. N. Water 1994 AIR] Supply and Drainage B.D. The Rule making authority having permitted the inducted teachers to continue as teacher for the Higher Secondary Classes like other Post Graduate Teachers, it necessary ily follows that such inducted teachers could not be debarred from being appointed as Head masters of the Higher Secondary Schools inasmuch as the feeder category for filling up the post of Headmasters, for the Higher Secondary Schools are:
