For the Appellants : Mr.J.C.Durairaj Additional Government Pleader For the Respondents : Mr.P.Ganesan for R1 Ms.T.Gayathri for R2 JUDGMENT (Judgment of the Court was made by R.SURESH KUMAR, J.)

This intra-Court appeal has been directed against the order passed by the Writ Court dated 21.02.2024 made in W.P.No.1206 of

2021.

2. That the issue before the Writ Court was whether the first respondent/writ petitioner was entitled to get advance incentive increment, having acquired the higher qualification of M.Phil. Degree without getting prior permission from the Management of the School, where he was working as a P.G. Teacher.

3. The issue is no more res integra as has been held by the learned Writ Court based on the earlier orders passed in this regard.

4. The learned counsel appearing for the first respondent/writ petitioner has produced a copy of the order made in W.P. (MD)No.482 of 2021 dated 23.01.2024 in the matter of Director of School Education and Two Others Vs. A.Baskar and Another wherein, similar issue had been dealt with by the Division Bench, where, the following orders have been passed:-

“The Education Department has filed this Writ Appeal questioning the order of the learned