ORDER

This Writ Petition has been filed to call for the records of the third respondent in his return order A.Thi.Mu.No.93/A2/2018 dated 10.10.2018 and quash the same and also direct the respondents 1 to 4 to grant approval of the petitioner's appointment as Secondary Grade Assistant Teacher (Urdu) in the 5th respondent Minority Aided School.

2. Heard Ms.Sonia Glory, learned counsel for the petitioner, Mrs.P.Rajarajeswari, learned Government Advocate for the respondents 1 to 4 and perused the materials available on record.

3. The petitioner has been appointed as Secondary Grade Assistant Teacher (Urdu) on 10.07.2016 on the vacancy arose due to the promotion of one A.Munira Begam on 01.06.2016. On 04.07.2016, the fifth respondent sent a proposal to the third respondent seeking approval for the appointment of the petitioner for the fifth respondent minority school and it was returned by the third respondent on 10.10.2018 for want of pass in TET.

4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that since the fifth respondent School is a minority institution, the appointees in the fifth respondent School are exempted from passing TET.

5. The learned Government Advocate for the responden