ORDER :

The prayer sought for herein is for a writ of mandamus directing the third respondent to treat the period of service i.e. from 28.03.2000 to 31.07.2005 in the fourth respondent School as regularised and to pay the petitioner all backwages and all attendant benefits with 12% p.a. interest or interest on the arrears of backwages as fixed by this Court.

2. The fourth respondent School is a recognised minority Private School where there is a post called Secondary Grade Teacher which became vacant in view of the erstwhile incumbent one K. Mary Mathew retired from service. In the vacancy caused, the petitioner was appointed on 28.03.2000.

3. Though such an appointment was made to the petitioner by the fourth respondent School and continuously from the date of appointment, the petitioner had been working in the fourth respondent School and in this regard, the fourth respondent School had made a request to the official respondents to approve her appointment, no such approval has been given by the official respondents.

4. In this context, the file was forwarded seeking for clarification from the Director of Elementary Education, i.e., the second respondent by the District Elementary Edu