ORDER

1. Mr. Rana Mukherjee, learned senior counsel appearing for the State of Uttar Pradesh, has invited our attention to the judgment of this Court in Rajneesh Kumar Pandey & Ors. v. Union of India, (2021) 17 SCC 1 and has sought to impress upon us that Teacher’s Eligibility Test, TET to be conducted by the appropriate Government in accordance with the guidelines framed by the National Council for Teacher Education, has been acknowledged as the minimum educational qualification for becoming an Educator for Classes Pre- school-V (Pre School to Primary Stage).

2. This is absolutely contrary to the impression that we were carrying till date. We were under the impression that in terms of the order dated 07^th March, 2025 passed by a coordinate bench of this Court, any candidate or person aspiring to be appointed as a Special Educator was mandatorily required to obtain the Rehabilitation Council of India, RCI quali

3. However, Mr. Rishi Malhotra, learned amicus curiae has also drawn our attention to an earlier order of this Court dated 21^st July, 2022 where circular dated 10^th June, 2022 issued by the Government of India, Ministry of Education, Department of School Education and Literacy