Judgment

SEN, J. :- The short point involved in this petition under Art. 32 of the Constitution is whether linguistic minority educational institutions like the Andhra Education Society are governed by sub-s. (4) of S. 8 of the Delhi School Education Act, 1973. The petitioner Smt. Y. Theclamma, Vice-Principal, Andhra Education Society Secondary School, Prasad Nagar, New Delhi challenges the legality of an order passed by the managing committee of the Andhra Education Society, New Delhi dated April 23, 1986 placing her under suspension pending a departmental inquiry against her.

2. The facts lie within a narrow compass. The Andhra Education Society is a society formed under the Societies Registration Act, 1860 with a view to imparting education to the children belonging to the Andhra community and others in Delhi. It runs as many as four schools - a senior secondary school at Deen Dayal Upadhyaya Marg, a secondary school at Prasad Nagar, a middle school at Janak Puri and another at East of Kailash. The first three of these are recognised by the Director of Education, Delhi Administration and are aided by the Government to the extent of 95 . The petitioner is thus employed in a governm