Writ petition seeking action against a teacher appointed on a destitute widow certificate was listed for reporting compliance with costs imposed earlier. Counsel reported payment of the reduced cost of Rs.10,000 with receipt. The court recorded compliance and closed the matter without further orders.
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WP(MD). No.1044 of 2025
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Special Original Jurisdiction Monday, the Second day of June Two Thousand and Twenty Five
PRESENT
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND
THE HONOURABLE DR. JUSTICE A.D. MARIA CLETE WP(MD). No.1044 of 2025 Palaniammal ... Petitioner
1 The Director, Directorate of School Education,
Chennai - 600 006
2 The Deputy Director, (Staff Section) Directorate of School Education, Chennai - 600 006
Prayer :-
Writ Petition, filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying this court to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents 1 to 4 to take action against the 5th respondent and cancel the appointment order based on the Destitute Widow Certificate, on the basis of the petitioners representation dated 15.05.2024.
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ORDER:-
This Writ Petition coming on for orders on this day and upon perusing the petition and the affidavit filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of Mr.N.Madhava Govindhan, Advocate for the Petitioner and of Mr.S.P.Maharajan Special Government Pleader for the respondents, this Court made the following order:
[Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.]
"This Court vide its order dated 10.01.2025 dismissed the writ petition with cost of Rs.1,00,000/- (One Lakh Rupees only) to be paid by the petitioner to the High Court Legal Services Authority on or before 22.01.2025. However, subsequently, the petitioner filed a modification petition and got the order dated 10.01.2025 modified, wherein this Court by its order dated 23.01.2025 directed the petitioner to pay a sum of Rs.10,000/- (Ten Thousand Rupees only) and directed the matter to be posted under the caption 'for reporting compliance'. Accordingly, this writ petition is listed today under the caption 'for reporting compliance'.
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petition."
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar (CS.I)
// True Copy //
/ /2025 Sub Assistant Registrar (CS-I/II/III/IV)
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TO
1 The Director, Directorate of School Education,
Chennai - 600 006
Chennai - 600 006
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Copy to:
The Section Officer, Writ Section, Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, Madurai
+1cc to Mr.N.Madhava Govinda Advocate SR.No.31311 dated.02/06/2025 +1cc to Government Advocate SR.No.31461 dated.02/06/2025
ORDER DATED : 02/06/2025
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WP(MD). No.1044 of 2025 Giving direction and etc. as stated within. SL(11.06.2025)/4P/ 9C Madurai Bench of Madras High Court is issuing certified copies in this format from 17.07.2023.
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Palaniammal
The Director, Directorate of School Education, Chennai
The Deputy Director (Staff Section), Directorate of School Education, Chennai
The Chief Educational Officer, Dindigul District
The District Educational Officer, Vedasandur, Dindigul District
Eswari
S.M.Subramaniam
A.D.Maria Clete
As recorded by the court registry
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