JUDGMENT :

S.Manikumar, J.

Instant public interest writ petition has been filed seeking the following reliefs:

(i) To declare that Rule 5 of the Special Rules for Kerala Higher Secondary Education State Service Rules, 2001, to the extent it is inconsistent with National Council for Teacher Education (Determination or Minimum Qualifications for Persons to be recruited as Education Teachers and Physical Education Teachers in Pre-primary, Primary, Upper Primary, Secondary, Senior Secondary or Intermediate Schools or Colleges) Regulations, 2014 (Exhibit-P1) issued under the National Council for Teacher Education Act, 1993, is void.

(ii) To declare that Rule 5 of the Kerala Higher Secondary Education State Service Rules, 2001, to the extent it is inconsistent with Exhibit-P1 Regulations issued under the NCTE Act is void.

(iii) To declare that Rule 6 of Chapter XXXII of the Kerala Education Rules, 1959, to the extent it is inconsistent with Exhibit-P1 regulations issued under the NCTE Act is void