BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT Dated : 19.02.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE B.PUGALENDHI WP(MD)No.22520 of 2023 and WMP(MD)No.25884 of 2023 S.Balamurugan ... Petitioner Vs

1. The Secretary to the Government, Education Department, St.George Fort, Chennai 9.

2. The Director of Elementary Education, College Road, Chennai 6.

3. The District Educational Officer, Valliyoor Government Higher Secondary School Campus, Valliyoor, Tirunelveli District.

4. The Block Educational Officer No.2, Fathima Primary School Campus, Valliyoor, Tirunelveli District.

5. The Head Master, Panchayat Union Primary School, Aachiyoor, Thalapathy Samudhram Post, Anaikulam Panchayat, Tirunelveli 627 101. ... Respondents Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, praying this Court to issue of Writ of Mandamus directing 1 to 4 respondents to fix the scale of pay of the petitioner in the present employment on the basis of the last drawn of his salary in the past employment working as Secondary Grade Teacher in Hussey Middle School, Panagudi, Valliyoor Block, Tirunelveli District as on 21.07.2009 with regularization of the petitioner's service from his initial date of appointmen