D. Murugesan, J.

In order to ensure that all students studying in standards I to X in all schools in the State to learn Tamil as compulsory subject, the Government of Tamil Nadu, as a policy, enacted the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006 (Act No.13 of 2006) (hereinafter referred to as the "Act"), which received the assent of the Governor on the 9th June, 2006, and published in the Tamil Nadu Government Gazette Extraordinary on 12th June, 2006. The relevant provisions of the "Act" read as follows:

Section 2(e) of the Act defines a "school" as meaning,--

(i) any Primary School, Middle School, High School or Higher Secondary School maintained by the State or Local Bodies; or

(ii) any Primary School, Middle School, High School or Higher Secondary School established and administered or maintained by any private educational agency including minority school established and administered under clause (1) of Article 30 of the Constitution, whether receiving aid out of the State fund or not; or

(iii) any Nursery and Primary School, Matriculation School, Anglo-Indian School or Oriental School including minority school established and administered under clause

(1) of Article 30 of