1. Prayer in the Writ Petition is to quash the proceeding of the second respondent/Director of School Education in Na.Ka. No. 30687/D1(2)/04 dated 26.10.2004 insofar as the Schools under the petitioner-management are concerned.

2. The brief facts necessary for disposal of the Writ Petition as stated in affidavit are as follows:

(a) Petitioner is a Corporate Manager of the Schools, established and administered by the Church of South India, Kanyakumari Diocese, which is a Christian Minority Educational Agency. The Educational Agency has established and is administering several institutions including number of schools. The teachers in the said schools are being appointed based on the sanction of post, following the qualifications prescribed by the Government from time to time.

(b) According to the petitioner, there are four categories of teachers in the aided schools apart from Special teachers, Language Teachers, Physical Education Teachers and Vocational Instructors, viz.,

(i) Secondary Grade Teachers with qualification of pass in SSLC and Diploma in Teacher Training for standards, 1 to 5 in Primary Schools;

(ii) Middle Grade Graduate Teachers with B.A./B.Sc. and B.Ed. qualif