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C.Suresh Kumar v. The Government of Tamil nadu

Madras HC2 Jul 2026WP/24737/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

Tamil Nadu school teacher; incentive increments for higher qualifications (M.A., B.Ed.); withdrawal of incentive increment scheme; quashing of Block Educational Officer proceedings Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/2025 dated 27.05.2026; Article 226 writ of certiorarified mandamus; followed W.P.No.7542 of 2026 (02.03.2026); relied on Division Bench W.A.No.2747 of 2023 (28.03.2025); GO.(Ms).No.324 dated 25.04.1995; consequential benefits and arrears; no costs.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition allowed on the same terms as W.P.No.7542 of 2026; impugned proceedings Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/2025 dated 27.05.2026 quashed; respondents directed to grant incentive increment for M.A. and B.Ed with all consequential benefits and arrears; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition (WMP No. 26960 of 2026) closed. ¶42

C.Suresh Kumar Vs The Government of Tamil nadu — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the petitioner is entitled to the first and second sets of incentive increments for his M.A. and B.Ed qualifications, and whether the impugned proceedings Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/2025 dated 27.05.2026 of the 4th respondent should be quashed with consequential direction to grant the increments with benefits and arrears.

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Court's answer

Since the relief sought for in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the aforesaid decision (W.P.No.7542 of 2026 and the Division Bench ruling in W.A.No.2747 of 2023), this writ petition is also allowed on the same terms.

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Ratio / Principle

The impugned proceedings are quashed and the respondents are directed to grant incentive increment to the petitioner for having obtained M.A. and B.Ed, together with all consequential benefits and arrears; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Judicature at Madras (P.T. Asha J.), 02-07-2026 — WP No. 24737 of 2026 and WMP No. 26960 of 2026. A secondary grade teacher in a Panchayat Union Middle School, Kanchipuram, filed a writ petition under Article 226 seeking a writ of certiorarified mandamus to quash proceedings Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/2025 dated 27.05.2026 of the 4th respondent and to direct grant of the first and second sets of incentive increments for his M.A. and B.Ed qualifications, with all consequential benefits and arrears, as per proceedings Na.Ka.No.490/A3/2013 dated 24.12.2013. Holding the relief squarely covered by this Court's decision in W.P.No.7542 of 2026 (02.03.2026) and by the Division Bench ruling in W.A.No.2747 of 2023 (28.03.2025) — quoted in the order, wherein a teacher who completed M.A. (Economics) and B.Ed was held entitled to two sets of advance incentive increments, the Government having consciously conferred the benefit by GO.(Ms).No.324 dated 25.04.1995 on all teachers obtaining higher qualifications in any subject found in the higher secondary syllabus — the Court allowed the petition on the same terms, quashed the impugned proceedings, and directed the respondents to grant the incentive increments with all consequential benefits and arrears. No costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed.

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WP No. 24737 of 2026

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 02-07-2026

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

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WP No. 24737 of 2026 and

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WMP NO. 26960 OF 2026

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C.Suresh Kumar S/o.M.Chinnappan, Secondary Grade Teacher Panchayat Union Middle School Thenambakkam Kanchipuram Panchayat Union Kanchipuram District.

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..Petitioner(s)

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The Government of Tamil nadu Represented by Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort St. George, Chennai.

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The Director of Elementary Education College Road, Chennai-6.

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The District Educational Officer, (Elementary) Kanchipuram District, Kanchipuram.

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The Block Educational Officer Kanchipuram Panchayat Union, Kanchipuram District.

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..Respondent(s)

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PRAYER : Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of mandamus calling for the records of the 4th

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WP No. 24737 of 2026

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Respondent in relation to the proceedings issued in Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/ 2025 dated 27.05.2026 and quash the same and issue a consequential direction to the Respondents to grant first and second set of increments for MA and B.Ed to the Petitioner continuously as per the Proceedings in Na.Ka.No.490/A3/ 2013 dated 24.12.2013 of the Additional Assistant Elementary Educational Officer, Kancheepuram Panchayat Union, Kancheepuram District, who is re-designated as 4th Respondent herein with all consequential benefits and arrears.

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For Petitioner(s): R.Saseetharan

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For Respondent(s): Mr.A.R.Balaji Government Advocate

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Order

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The present writ petition has been filed seeking the issuance of a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records of the 4th Respondent in

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relation to the proceedings issued in Na.Ka.No. 886/A4/ 2025 dated 27.05.2026 and quash the same and issue a consequential direction to the respondents to grant first and second set of increments for MA and B.Ed to the petitioner continuously as per the Proceedings in Na.Ka.No.490/A3/

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2013 dated 24.12.2013 of the Additional Assistant Elementary Educational Officer, Kancheepuram Panchayat Union, Kancheepuram District, who is re-designated as 4^th respondent herein with all consequential benefits and arrears.

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WP No. 24737 of 2026

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In identical circumstances, this Court in W.P.No.7542 of 2026 dated 02.03.2026 has considered the very same issue involved in the present writ petition. Further, the Hon’ble Division Bench in W.A.No.2747 of 2023 dated 28.03.2025 has held as follows:

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“Today the entire scheme for incentive increments

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has been withdrawn but the issue as to whether the said

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withdrawal can be prospective and it cannot operate retrospectively still lingers. We do not see the need to go into the said issue as it is not germane to the facts on

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hand. Here the respondent has completed M.A. (Economics) in May 2010 and B.Ed in December 2015. Therefore, she is entitled to two sets of advance incentive increments for these two higher qualifications

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obtained by her. The question of whether MA (Economics) would be useful to the School students or

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not cannot be gone into by us, as the Government, in its wisdom, had in GO.(Ms).No.324 dated 25.04.1995,

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consciously decided to confer the benefit of the incentive increments on all teachers who obtained

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WP No. 24737 of 2026

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higher qualifications in any subject found in the higher secondary syllabus.”

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3. Since the relief sought for in the present writ petition is squarely covered by the aforesaid decision, this writ petition is also allowed on the same terms. The impugned proceedings is quashed and the respondents are directed to grant incentive increment to the petitioner for having obtained M.A., and B.Ed, together with all consequential benefits and arrears. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

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02-07-2026

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Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order Neutral Citation: Yes/No

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SRN

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