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WP No. 13466 of 2026

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 17-04-2026

CORAM THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

WP No. 13466 of 2026 &

WMP No. 14704 of 2026 S.Nagarajan

S/o.Soundarrajan, Headmaster,

Panchayat Union Middle School, Thirukumaran nagar,

Thiruppur South Block, Thiruppur District.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The State of Tamilnadu Rep. by its Deputy Secretary to Government,

School Education Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George,

Chennai - 600 009.

2. The State of Tamilnadu Rep. by its Secretary to Government,

Finance Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

3. The Director of Elementary Education, Perasiriyar Arbazhagan Kalvi Valagam, College

Road, Chennai - 600 006.

4. The District Educational Officer (Elementary)

Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.

5. The Block Educational Officer, Tiruppur South Block,

Tiruppur District.

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6. The Financial Adviser and Principal Accounts Officer,

Tamilnadu School Education, DPI Campus, College Road, Chennai - 600 006.

7. The Accountant General/(A AND E)

Office of the Principal Accountant General, Anna Salai, Teynampet, chennai - 600 018.

..Respondent(s)

Prayer: This petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking writ of certiorarified mandamus, to call for the records relating to the Impugned Government letter issued by the 1st respondent in Letter No.11100/Tho.Ka.1(1)/2023-1 School Education Department dated 15.12.2023 and to quash the same and consequently directing the respondents to continue to pay salary to the petitioner in accordance with fixation of selection grade scale of pay granted for the post of primary school headmaster granted prior to 01.06.2009 with corresponding fixation of pay in the post of middle school headmaster as well as to sanction selection grade in the post of middle school

headmaster.

For Petitioner(s): Mr.P.Murali

For Respondent(s): Mr. R.Neelakandan Additional Advocate General

Assisted by Mr. M.Bindran

Additional Government Pleader R1, R3 and R5 Mr. P.S.Ramen

Advocate General

Assisted by Mrs. Mythree Chandru

Special Government Pleader __________

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R2 & R6

Mr. V.Vijay Shankar Standing Counsel

(R7)

ORDER

This writ petition is filed for the following relief:

“To call for the records relating to the Impugned

Government letter issued by the 1st respondent in Letter No.11100/Tho.Ka.1(1)/2023-1 School Education Department dated 15.12.2023 and to quash the same and consequently directing the respondents to continue to pay salary to the petitioner in accordance with fixation of selection grade scale of pay granted for the post of primary school headmaster granted prior to 01.06.2009 with corresponding fixation of pay in the post of middle school headmaster as well as to sanction selection

grade in the post of middle school headmaster.

2. Heard the learned counsels on both sides and perused the

materials available on record.

3. The issue involved in the present writ petition was earlier

considered in a batch of writ petitions in W.P.No.12275 of 2024 dated

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02.03.2026, wherein a similar relief was claimed. The learned Judge after hearing the arguments of both sides and discussing the relevant Rules and Government Orders in detail, had ultimately disposed of the writ petitions

with directions. These directions are extracted herein below:

85. In the result, all the writ petitions are disposed of

with the following directions:~

i) The impugned order directing the fixation of the selection grade/special grade scale of pay at the first promotional level and 2nd promotional level is set aside to the extent that there shall be no recovery of amount, which has already

been paid, from the petitioners ;

ii) Insofar as the p