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W.P.No.50418 of 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 24.12.2025

CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN

W.P.No.50418 of 2025

Dr.V.P.Sumathi

Wife of Subburathinam. ... Petitioner

Vs.

The Chairman,

Teacher Recruitment Board,

Puratchi Thalaivar Dr.M.G.R.Centenary Building,

3^rd and 4^th Floors, Perasiriyar Anbazhagan Kalvi Valagam,

DPI Campus, College Road,

Nungambakkam, Chennai-600 006. ... Respondent

Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for

issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to issue hall ticket

to the petitioner for the Upcoming Assistant Professors in Tamil Nadu

Collegiate Educational Service for Government Arts & Science Colleges and

Government Colleges of Education, Examination scheduled to be held on

27.12.2025 by accepting ANNEXURE-IV Teaching Experience Certificate

either through online or in person by considering the petitioner representation

through e-mail, dated 15.12.2025.

For Petitioner : Mr.M.Lokesh

For Respondent : Mr.C.Kathiravan

Special Government Pleader

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ORDER

The petitioner applied for the post of Assistant Professors in the

Collegiate Educational Service in Tamil Nadu. The examination is being

conducted by the Respondent. One of the enclosures necessary for an

applicant to take examination is an experience certificate. The petitioner was

given the experience certificate by the Directorate of Technical Examination

(DOTE) only on 27.11.2025. She attempted to upload the same. However,

she was not able to.

2. The petitioner set forth her grievances and sent an e-mail to the

respondent on 29.11.2025 and 30.11.2025. To the said e-mails, a response

was given by the grievance cell of the respondent that as the certificate had

not been uploaded, the application has not been submitted properly. She

immediately responded to the same by way of an other e-mail on 15.12.2025

stating that she had made attempts to upload but was not able to and that she

contacted the toll free help line number of the respondent and had been

advised to send an e-mail mentioning the application number. Let, as no

response emanated from the respondent, she has before this Court by way of

writ of Mandamus.

3. When the matter was mentioned this morning, I informed

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Mr.M.Lokesh representing Mr.Ma.P.Thangavel to inform the standing

counsel of the respondent and serve him to the entire set of papers. I directed

the Registry to number the writ petition only thereafter. Pursuant to this

direction, Mr.Lokesh has served typed set of papers on Mr.C.Kathiravan,

learned Special Government Pleader, appearing for the respondent.

4. He has produced on instructions to say that as logistical

arrangements and security had already been completed, it is not feasible for

additional arrangements to be made for the examination to be conducted on

27.12.2025. Hence, he pleads that the writ petition be dismissed and justice

rendered.

5. I carefully considered the submissions made by both sides and gone

through the entire records.

6. The petitioner has not been disqualified on account of any lack of

educational qualification. Her application could not be processed on account

of the fact that the Directorate of Technical Examination (DOTE) had not

given the experience certificate to her in time. Hence she was unable to

upload it, even after receipt of the certificate. The typed set of papers shows

that the petitioner had made desperate attempts to upload her experience

certificate but on account of the website of the respondent not permitting such

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uploading, the application could not be completed. The petitioner has not

approached this Court immediately. She had sent e-mails to the respondent on

29.11.2025 and 30.11.2025. It was