The Madras High Court today ordered issue of notice to the Tamil Nadu School Education Department Secretary on a petition seeking to quash a government order on selection and appointment of teachers.
The petition seeks to quash a government order regarding modalities in giving weightage of marks in-proportionate to the actual marks obtained for selection and appointment of Graduate Assistants by the Teacher Recruitment Board.
Justice R Subbaiah also ordered issue of notice to the chairman of Teachers Recruitment Board (TRB) and the Director of School Education, Chennai, and asked them to file their counter by February 28 on a petition by C Priyavathana, who contended that the government order issued on October 5, 2012 was "arbitrary and lacks rationale".
Priyavathana said she appeared for Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) conducted by the TRB on August 18 last year and secured 104 marks. She completed the certificate verification process and was waiting for appointment orders to be issued.
The maximum percentages of weightage fixed by TRB as per the government order was 10 per cent or 10 marks for Higher Secondary exam and 15 per cent for degree, 15 for B.Ed exam and 60 for TET Exam.
However, the slab system introduced by the department was unprecedented. The system shakes the foundation of theory by apportioning the same weightage to all the candidates who scored 90 marks to 104. Because of the slab system the list of meritorious candidates being given a go by, she said.
She prayed to quash the government order and to direct the authorities to apply the marks obtained in the qualifying exams proportionately in giving weightage marks. She also prayed to stay the operation of the order.
