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T.Thangakodi v. Teachers Recruitment Board

Madras HC28 Oct 2025WP(MD)/23257/2019

Case brief

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What is this about?

Special Teacher (Sewing) Direct Recruitment; Teachers Recruitment Board; revised provisional selection list dated 09.09.2019; selection of respondents 3 and 4 challenged as illegal; SC (Women) (PSTM) Category; SC (G); SC(W); writ petition closed - nothing survives for adjudication; liberty to petitioner to challenge revised Provisional Selection List; Article 226 of Constitution of India; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; C.KUMARAPPAN J.; W.M.P(MD)Nos.19986 and 19984 of 2019 closed; no costs; decision dated 28.10.2025.

What did the court decide?

Writ Petition closed without adjudication; petitioner given liberty to challenge the revised Provisional Selection List, if so advised; no costs; connected miscellaneous petitions (W.M.P(MD)Nos.19986 and 19984 of 2019) closed. ¶29

T.Thangakodi Vs Teachers Recruitment Board — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the selection of respondents 3 (K.Monicka Arasi) and 4 (D.Prema) in the revised provisional selection list pertaining to the Direct Recruitment of Special Teacher (Sewing) published by respondent No.1 on 09.09.2019 was illegal, and whether respondent Nos.1 and 2 should be directed to appoint the petitioner as Special Teacher (Sewing) under SC (Women) (PSTM) Category or alternatively under SC (G) or SC(W) Category.

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Court's answer

In view of the submissions made by the learned Additional Government Pleader that the respondents had already published the revised Provisional Selection List, nothing survives for adjudication in the present Writ Petition, and the Writ Petition stands closed.

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Ratio / Principle

Liberty is given to the petitioner to challenge the said revised Provisional Selection List, if so advised; no costs were awarded and the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

W.P(MD)No.23257 of 2019 (T.Thangakodi v. Teachers Recruitment Board, Director of School Education, K.Monicka Arasi and D.Prema), Madurai Bench of Madras High Court, single-judge order of C.Kumarappan J., dated 28.10.2025. The writ petition, filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, challenged the revised provisional selection list dated 09.09.2019 published by respondent No.1 (Teachers Recruitment Board) for the Direct Recruitment of Special Teacher (Sewing), praying for declaration that the selection of respondents 3 and 4 therein was illegal and for a direction to appoint the petitioner as Special Teacher (Sewing) under SC (Women) (PSTM) Category or alternatively SC (G) or SC(W) Category. When taken up for hearing, the Additional Government Pleader submitted that the respondents had already published the revised Provisional Selection List. The Court held that nothing survived for adjudication, closed the writ petition, gave the petitioner liberty to challenge the revised Provisional Selection List if so advised, ordered no costs, and closed the connected miscellaneous petitions W.M.P(MD)Nos.19986 and 19984 of 2019.

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W.P(MD)No.23257 of 2019

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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DATED:28.10.2025

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CORAM

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THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN

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WP(MD)No.23257 of 2019 and W.M.P(MD)Nos.19986 and 19984 of 2019

T.Thangakodi

... Petitioner

Vs.

1.Teachers Recruitment Board,

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Rep by its Secretary, IV Floor, Sampath Maligai, D.P.I.Compound, College Road, Chennai-600 006.

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2.The Director of School Education, DPI Campus, Chennai-6.

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3.K.Monicka Arasi

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4.D.Prema

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... Respondents

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Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Declaration, to declare the selection of the respondent No.3 and 4 in the revised provisional selection list pertaining to the Direct Recruitment of Special Teacher (Sewing) published by the respondent NO.1 dated 09.09.2019 as illegal and consequently for a direction, directing the resondent No.1 and 2 to appoint the petitioner in the post of Special Teacher (Sewing) under SC (Women) (PSTM) Category or in

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https://www.mhc.tn.gov.in/judis

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W.P(MD)No.23257 of 2019

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the alternative under SC (G) or SC(W) Category in the vacancies which are not filed for want of candidates on the basis of the total marks secured by the petitioner within the time period.

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For Petitioners : Mr.S.Rajasekar for M/s.Lajapathi Roy and Associates For R1 : Mr.T.Amjad Khan Government Advocate For R2 : Mr.M.Sarangan Additional Government Pleader *****

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ORDER

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The present Writ Petition has been filed challenging the Provisional Selection List.

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2.When the matter is taken up for hearing today, the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the second respondent would submit that the respondents had already published the revised Provisional Selection List. Hence, nothing survives for adjudication in the present Writ Petition.

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3.In view of the submissions made by the learned Additional Government Pleader, this Writ Petition stands closed. However, libety is

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W.P(MD)No.23257 of 2019

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giving to the petitioner to challenge the said revised Provisional Selection List, if so advised. No costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

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28.10.2025

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Index : Yes/No Neutral Citation : Yes/No ta

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1.The Secretary, Teachers Recruitment Board, Ivth Floor, Sampath Maligai, D.P.I.Compound, College Road, Chennai-600 006.

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