C.T. Selvam, J.

1. Review Application No.707 of 2017 arises against the order of this Court in W.P.No.27825 of 2017 dated 14.11.2017. Therein, this Court, following the order in W.P.No.28032 of 2016 etc. batch dated 27.02.2017 directed respondents/review applicants to grant exemption u/s.5 of the Tamil Nadu Tamil Learning Act, 2006. Reliance was placed particularly on the following:

“5. In the year 2006, the State of Tamil Nadu has passed an Act, viz., The Tamil Nadu Compulsory Tamil Learning Act, 2006 (hereinafter referred to as the Act), whereby learning Tamil as Part-I language was made compulsory. Section 3 of the Act states that Tamil shall be taught as a subject in Standards I to IX in all schools, in a phased manner, commencing from the academic year 2006-2007 for Standard I, from the academic year 2007-2008 for Standards I and II and shall be extended upto X standard in a like manner. Section 5 of the Act states that the Government may, subject to such conditions as they deem fit, by general or special order, exempt any class or category of student or students from all or any of the provisions of the Act, either in part or in whole.

8. In order to ease the anxiety of