Nooty Ramamohana Rao, J.

1. The writ petitioner is the appellant. She sought for a direction to the respondents 1 and 2, namely, the State Government of Tamil Nadu and the Chairman of Teachers Recruitment Board, to appoint the writ petitioner as Graduate Assistant (Chemistry) pursuant to the examination held regarding Teachers Eligibility Test, by taking note of the writ petitioner's qualifications, namely, B.Sc., Food Service Management and Dietetic and Chemistry as equivalent to B.Sc., Chemistry.

2. The State Government has taken out a Notification called 'Tamil Nadu Teacher Eligibility Test (TNTET) - 2012' on 07.03.2012, inviting the candidates for appearing at the Teachers Eligibility Test (in short 'TET'). In paragraph 3 of the Notification, the eligibility to write the test has been specified in the following words:

"3. Eligibility to write TET:

Candidates should possess the following prescribed qualifications to write the Teacher Eligibility Test:

Candidates who have passed Higher Secondary Course (10+2 Pattern) and Diploma in Teacher Education in a Recognised Teacher Training Institute/DIET and seeking appointment as Teacher for classes I to V (except Visually Impaired