3.The Government is the appellants herein, challenging the direction given by this Court to disburse the grand-in-aid towards salary of certain employees namely, S.Ignatius and D.Jeya Seela Rajathi, who were appointed as Record Clerk and Office Assistant respectively from the date of their appointment with all other attendant benefits. The appellants have rejected the approval by stating that G.O.(Ms)No.238, School Education(Pa.Ka.6(1))Department, dated 13.11.2018. The said Government Order does not recognize these two posts namely, the Record Clerk and the Office Assistant. Admittedly, for the above said posts, sanction was granted by virtue of Government Order in G.O(Ms)No.1731, Education Department, dated 28.12.1996. G.O.(Ms)No.238, School Education(Pa.Ka.6(1)) Department, dated 13.11.2018 has set out certain guidelines for filling up the posts of non-teaching staffs in Government Aided Private Schools and it does not refer to the post of Record Clerk or Office Assistant. Therefore, it is now argued by the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the appellants that since the Government has taken a policy decision to limit the nonteaching staffs, it is a power to restrict the grant-in -aid for such posts, taking into account the reduction in expenses to be incurred by the Government and it is stated that the said Government Order could not be issued with retrospective effect from the date of issuance of the said Government Order. Admittedly, the staffs in question were promoted or appointed on 1.6.2018 and the Government Order was issued only on 13.11.2018. The Writ Appeal filed by the appellants is based on the said grounds, cannot be maintained.
