The District Educational Officer, v. P. Subbulakshmi
Teacher service – TET – minority institution
Case brief
What is this about?
W.A.(MD).No.793 of 2024, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, decided 30.01.2025 (M.S.Ramesh and A.D.Maria Clete, JJ.; judgment by M.S.Ramesh, J.). Dismissal of writ appeal filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent by the District Educational Officer and Block Educational Officer, Cheranmahadevi, Tirunelveli, challenging the Single Judge's order dated 12.10.2023 in W.P.(MD).No.11222 of 2022, which had directed conferment of annual increment and other monetary benefits on P.Subbulakshmi, Secondary Grade Teacher, St.Johns Middle School, Veeravanallur. Court held: TET qualification not mandatory for minority-institution teachers; approval of appointment once granted precludes insistence on TET and withholding of the financial grant. Keywords: TET, minority institution, annual increment, approval of appointment, mandamus, financial grant, Letters Patent Clause 15.
What did the court decide?
Writ Appeal dismissed with no order as to costs; the connected miscellaneous petition (C.M.P.(MD).No.5886 of 2024) closed; the Single Judge's direction to the appellants to confer all monetary benefits to the first respondent stands upheld.