Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader for respondents 2 to 5, apart from perusing the record. Since the issue lies in a narrow compass, this Court proposes to dispose of the writ petition at the admission stage itself. 2. Briefly stated, the petitioner is said to have been working for the past 21 years as Needle Work Teacher in a school under the management of the 1st respondent.
3. When the retirement vacancies arose in the school under the management of the 1st respondent, instead of considering the case of the petitioner, the management appointed fresh hands, in violation of the statutory regulations. It is the contention of the petitioner that even going by Ext.P2, the school where the petitioner is working in has got sufficient pupil-strength to have a Needle Work Teacher appointed on a permanent basis. Through Ext.P2 staff fixation order, the 2nd respondent refused to retain the petitioner as Needle Work Teacher. Aggrieved thereby, the petitioner filed Ext.P3 revision before the 4th respondent. The grievance of the petitioner is that so far the said statutory revision has not been disposed of.
4. When the learned counsel for the petitioner has made submissions in tune with the pleas raised in the affidavit filed in support of the writ petition, the learned Government Pleader has submitted that the 4th respondent has actively been seized of the issue and a decision will be arrived at on Ext.P3 revision at the earliest. Accordingly, the learned Government Pleader submits that at this juncture, it does not call for any adjudication of the issue on merits from this Court.
Having regard to the respective submissions of the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Government Pleader, without adverting to the merits of the matter, this Court disposes of the writ petition with a direction to the 4th respondent to consider Ext.P3 revision in accordance with law and pass appropriate orders thereon as expeditiously as possible, at any rate within two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this judgment. Since the petitioner is presently continuing in the post, status quo as on today shall be maintained until Ext.P3 revision is disposed of. No order as to costs.
sd/- DAMA SESHADRI NAIDU, JUDGE.
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