Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court (Madurai Bench), WP(MD)No.24613 of 2023, decided 12.12.2025 by B. Pugalendhi J. Petitioner Sheela Wincy challenged, under Article 226 by certiorarified mandamus, the Joint Director of School Education [Personnel]'s proceedings Na.Ka.No.055287/C3/E2/2023 dated 12.09.2023 rejecting her request for transfer from Pudukkottai to Kanyakumari district (seeking BT.Assistant (Maths) post in any Government School there). Held: transfer to a preferred district is not a matter of right; petition closed, no costs; sympathetic consideration if vacancy arises in Kanyakumari district. Keywords: transfer, BRTE, BT.Assistant (Maths), government school, Kanyakumari, Pudukkottai, service law.
What did the court decide?
No substantive relief; the writ petition was closed with no costs, with an observation/direction that if there is any vacancy in Kanyakumari district the petitioner's case may be considered sympathetically.