K.Bijakshi v. Dr.B.Chandra Mohan and 3 others
Case brief
What is this about?
Madras High Court; Cont.P.No.2050 of 2025; decided 07.01.2026; C.V.Karthikeyan and K.Kumaresh Babu, JJ.; contempt petition under Section 11 of the Contempt of the Courts Act, 1971; petitioner K.Bijakshi, Elementary School Headmaster, Kelamangalam Block, Krishnagiri District; respondents: Secretary, Department of School Education (Dr.B.Chandra Mohan, IAS); Director of Elementary Education (S.Sethuraman Varma); District Educational Officer, Krishnagiri (C.Dinesh Kumar, IAS); Block Educational Officer, Kelamangalam (M.Krishna Thejas); alleged willful disobedience of order in W.A.No.107 of 2022 dated 11.07.2024; Supreme Court directions on Teacher Eligibility Test (TET) mandatory in non-minority institutions; petitioner not TET-qualified; petition closed; S.Patrick for petitioner; K.H.Ravikumar, Government Advocate, for respondents.
What did the court decide?
In view of the respondents' contention that the Hon'ble Supreme Court had granted directions making qualifying in the Teacher Eligibility Test mandatory in non-minority institutions with two years' time for unqualified teachers, and that the petitioner had not qualified in the TET, the Contempt Petition stands closed.