Kongu Vellalar Matriculation Higher Secondary School represented by its President, Coimbatore has brought this writ petition challenging the impugned G.O.Ms.No.237, Labour and Employment (K1) dated 26.11.2010 issued by the Principal Secretary to Government, Labour and Employment Department, the first respondent herein and to quash the same.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner, the Government Advocate for the first respondent and the learned counsel for the second and respondents.
3. It is not in dispute that when similar writ petitions were filed with regard to the extension of insurance scheme for the private educational institutions, the said writ petitions and writ appeals were clubbed together and decided in Writ Appeal No.918 of 2013 etc. batch, wherein the Hon'ble Division Bench of this Court by common order dated 16.06.2015, had disposed of the same on the following terms:-
2.In view of the aforesaid position, the writ appeals and the writ petitions are disposed of by agreement that the interim orders would continue till the disposal of the matter by the Honourable Supreme Court and the parties would naturally remain bound by the legal position enunciated by the Honourable Supreme Court on such decision being rendered. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions are closed.
4. Since the issue involved in this writ petition is identical to that of the case dealt with by the Hon'ble First Bench of this Court and I am bound by the above order passed by the Hon'ble First Bench, this writ petition is disposed of on the basis of paragraph-2 of the above order dated 16.06.2015 passed in Writ Appeal No.918 of 2013 etc., batch. Consequently, W.M.P.Nos.4563 & 4564 of 2017 are closed. No costs.