IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 04.02.2026 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR W.P.No . 25985 of 202 1 and WMP.Nos.27444 & 27445 of 2021 N.Pulikutti ... Petitioner vs

1. The Commissioner, Directorate of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai – 600 006.

2. The Director of Elementary Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai – 600 006.

3. The Chief Educational Officer, Dharmapuri District, Dharmapuri.

4. The District Educational Officer, Palacode Education District, 5. The Block Educational Officer, Karimangalam Block, Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records relating to the impugned proceedings issued by the fourth respondent in Na.Ka.No.310/A7/2021 dated 25.02.2021, actually served on the petitioner dated 22.11.2021 and to quash the same and consequently directing the respondents to pass orders for transfer and posting the petitioner in the existing vacancy to the post of Headmaster in Panchayat Union Primary School, Periya Gollapatti, Karimangalam Union, Dharmapuri District, with all consequential and other attendant benefits, a