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2026 Supreme(Online)(Ker) 16006

IN THE HIGH COURT OF KERALA AT ERNAKULAM
N.NAGARESH, J
DIANA JACOB HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHER (JR) (BOTANY), ST. MARY’S HIGHER SECONDARY SCHOOL, KOODATHAI – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KERALA REPRESENTED BY ITS SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT, GENERAL EDUCATION DEPARTMENT – Respondent


Advocates:
For the Appellants/Petitioners: SRI.K.T.SHYAMKUMAR, SRI.HARISH R. MENON, SMT.K.N.ABHA, SRI.A.G.PRASANTH, SMT.VARSHA SAHAJAN, SMT.MARY HEDWIG BABY, SMT.ALEENA SEBASTIAN, SMT.FATHIMA HASHIM, SMT.ANNU FRANCIS
For the Respondents: SMT.V.A.HARITHA

Table of Content
1. details of petitioners' roles and upgradation requests. (Para 1 , 2 , 3)
2. arguments on entitlement for upgradation based on similar cases. (Para 4 , 5 , 6)
3. court's recognition of upgradation rights and procedural directives. (Para 7)

JUDGMENT

Dated this the 5th day of March, 2026 The petitioners, who are 17 in number, are Teachers working in various Aided Higher Secondary Schools. The petitioners were appointed as HSST (Junior).

2. The Government decided to sanction starting of new Higher Secondary Schools in Government and Aided Sectors in the year 2010. Sanction was also accorded for engaging Guest Lecturers in the newly sanctioned Higher Secondary Schools till Regular Teaching posts are created. Thereafter, the Director of Higher Secondary Education forwarded the proposal to the Government for creation and upgradation of Teaching posts and Lab Assistant posts for the academic year 2011-2012 in the Aided Higher Secondary Schools sanctioned by the Government. As per the proposal forwarded by the Director of Higher Secondary Education, the posts were to be created and upgraded in various Higher Secondary Schools.

3. The petitioners submit that they were all init

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