CHENNAI: Following a directive from Justice N Kirubakaran on Thursday, senior State Education Department officials, including Higher Education Secretary Sunil Paliwal, appeared before the judge on Friday in the matter relating to the appointment of PG teachers by the government.
Hearing the case, Justice Kirubakaran rapped the government officials for not paying heed to the court orders and summoned all five officials, including the Higher Education Secretary and the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission Secretary.
The issue relates to an order passed by Justice Kirubakaran in November 2017 on the pleas moved by S Venkatachalam and five others seeking to declare the January 5, 2016, Government Order (GO) that held that the BEd degree course offered by the Vinayaka Missions University, Salem, was not equivalent to the BEd of Tamil Nadu Teachers Education University, Chennai.
The judge, in his order, set aside the Government Order and directed the government to issue appointment orders to the petitioners.