BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

Reserved On:19.11.2025

Pronounced On: 09.01.2026

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH

AND

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE C.KUMARAPPAN

W.A.(MD)Nos.2748 of 2025, 546, 547, 806, 807, 1596, 538 of 2023, 344,

1394, 2604, 2687, 2708, 2720, 2783, 2784, 874, 2939, 2709, 2688, 2605, 2721, 2689, 2606, 2722, 2607, 2690,2691, 2609, 2610, 2692, 2611, 2612,2613, 2614,

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2781 and 2782 of 2025

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C.M.P(MD)Nos.5480, 5479, 14376, 10569, 6545, 6546 of 2023, 2808,8365,

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15613, 15614, 15622 of 2025

W.A(MD)No.2748 of 2025

V.Gnana Christal Ida ...Appellant/Petitioner

Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, Rep by its Secretary to Government, School Education Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.

2.The Director of Elementary Education, O/oThe Director of Elementary Education, College Road, Chennai-06.

3.The District Education Officer, O/o.The District Education Officer, Kanyakumari District.

4.The Block Education Officer, O/o.The Block Education Officer, Kuzhithurai, Kanyakumari District.

...Respondents/Respondents PRAYER:- Writ Appeal – filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent, to set aside the order passed in W.P.(MD)No.18042 of 2025 on the file of this Court, dated

29.08.2025.

For Appellants : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy, Senior Counsel for M/s. Roy and Roy Associates For Respondents : Mr.R.Baskaran, Additional Advocate General, assisted by Mr.J.Ashok Additional Government Pleader

COMMON JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was made by C.KUMARAPPAN, J.

These writ appeals are arising against the orders of the learned single Judge, which dealt with the withdrawal of the incentive increment in pursuance of the proceedings of the Director of Elementary Education dated 24.08.2016, and the consequential impugned proceedings, dated 17.06.2025.

2. Since all the writ appeals are arising against the withdrawal of the incentive increment given to the teachers, they are all taken together for common disposal.

3. For convenience's sake, the parties will be referred to according to their litigative status before the writ Court.

4(a).The brief facts which are necessary for the disposal of these writ appeals are that, these petitioners are holding the posts of Secondary Grade Teachers, B.T Assistants, Elementary School Headmasters and Middle School Headmasters in the respondent department. While the petitioners were working in the posts referred to above, they used to take classes for Std. I to VIII. The petitioners, on acquiring higher educational qualifications like M.A., M.Sc., M.Ed., claimed incentive increment on the strength of G.O.Ms No.42 dated

10.01.1969.

4(b). The Government has passed various G.Os regarding incentive increment, in G.O.Ms No.624 dated 13.07.1992, G.O.Ms No.1023 dated 09.12.1993, G.O.Ms No.1024 dated 09.12.1993 and G.O.Ms No.324 dated 25.04.1995. It is the specific submission of the petitioners that, by virtue of G.O.Ms.No.324 dated 25.04.1995, certain condition stipulated in G.O.Ms.No. 624 dated 13.07.1992, so far as to the extent of restricting the area of speci