C J & T.S. SIVAGNANAM, J. 1. About one crore twenty three lakh school children of Standards I to X in the State of Tamil Nadu are without any textbooks and syllabus, and along with their parents, they are in a dilemma as to whether the Uniform Syllabus, which was to commence as per the Tamil Nadu Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010, would be postponed because of the amendment brought in the Act by the new Government immediately after coming into power, and also as to whether the textbooks as per the new syllabus got printed and made ready by spending about 200 crore rupees of public money by the erstwhile Government would be destroyed or disposed of.

2. Before arriving at any conclusion as directed by the Supreme Court, we have to first discuss the brief history of the legislation. For the purpose of achieving social justice and quality education, the erstwhile Government enacted the Samacheer Kalvi Thittam, i.e., Uniform System of School Education Act, 2010 (hereinafter referred to as 'the Act of 2010') and introduced common syllabus, textbooks and examination for the four streams of education prevalent in the State. It is to be noted here that in the State of T