IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Dated : 12.03.2026 CORAM THE HONOURABLE Ms. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA W.P.No. 24304 of 2025 &

W.M.P.No. 27360 of 2025 E.Suganthi Dhanamani ...Petitioner Vs.

1.The Director of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai 600 006.

2.The Chief Educational Officer Kallakurichi, Kallakurichi District.

3.The District Educational Officer (Elementary)

Kallakurichi, Kallakurichi District. 4.The Correspondent, Danish Mission High School, Santhapet Tirukovilur, Kallakurichi District. ...Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Section 226 of the Constitution of India for issue of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to the impugned proceeding issued by the 3^rd respondent in Na.Ka.No.4879/A4/2024 dated 21.11.2024 and quash the same in so far as insisting TET qualification is concerned and consequently directing the respondents 2 and 3 to pass orders for granting approval of appointment of the petitioner in the sanctioned post of B.T.Assistant (History) in the 4^th respondent school from the date of appointment with effect from 07.08.2023 with all consequential and other attendant benefits, including payment of arrears of salary from the date of appointment.

For Petitioner : Mr. S.Nedunchezhiyan For Respondents : Mrs. Mythreye Chandru

1 to 3 Special Government Pleader For Respondent 4: No Appearance

O R D E R

This writ petition is filed for the following relief:

“To call for the records relating to the impugned proceeding issued by the 3^rd respondent in Na.Ka.No.4879/A4/2024 dated 21.11.2024 and quash the same in so far as insisting TET qualification is concerned and consequently directing the respondents 2 and 3 to pass orders for granting approval of appointment of the petitioner in the sanctioned post of B.T.Assistant (History) in the 4^th respondent school from the date of appointment with effect from 07.08.2023 with all consequential and other attendant benefits, including payment of arrears of salary from the date of appointment.”

2. The petitioner was appointed as a B.T.Assistant (History) in the 4^th respondent School by orders of the 4^th respondent dated 03.08.2023. Accordingly, the petitioner joined the service in the post of the B.T.Assistant (History) on 07.08.2023. Thereafter, the 4^th respondent school submitted a proposal on 07.08.2023 and 13.09.2024, to respondents 2 and 3 for approval of her appointment, with effect from 07.08.2023. However, the same was rejected stating that the petitioner has not qualified the TET exam.

3. Challenging the rejection of approval for sanctioned post in the

4^th respondent School, the petitioner is before this Court.

4. The Division Bench of this Court in the Judgement reported in

2022 SCC Online Mad 4513 – S.Halen Raja Soundari Vs. District Elementary Educational Officer and others, has held as follows:

“b) Not qualified in Teacher Eligibility Test (TET): It is a well settled proposition that a qualification in the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET), is not a pre-requirement for appointment of a teacher in a private minority educational institution. Following this proposition, this Court in the case of T.Sahayam Vs. The District Educational Officer, Tiruchendur and others, passed in W.P.(MD)No.24902 of 2019, dated 05.07.2022, had placed reliance on other decisions of this Court, upholding this proposition, in the following manner:

“7. Insofar as the reason assigned by the respondent that the proposal cannot be accepted for want of TET qualification is concerned, this reasoning has also been dealt with by this Court in several writ petitions, wherein it was held that the pre-requirement of TET qualification for a teacher in a Minority Institution, is not mandatory.

8. In one such decision of this Court in the case of J.D.Christopher Asir Vs. The Director of School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai and others in W.P. (MD).No.13935 of 2018, dated 29.06.2018, this preposition was held in the following manner:

“9.The issue of requir