Madras High Court
M.Muthulakshmi vs The Member Secretary on 11 September, 2014
Author: K.K.Sasidharan
Bench: K.K.Sasidharan
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 11.09.2014 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.K.SASIDHARAN Writ Petition (MD)No.14114 of 2014 and M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2014 M.Muthulakshmi ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Member Secretary, Teachers Recruitment Board, 4th Floor, E.V.K.Sampath Maaligai, D.P.I.Compound, College Road, Chennai-600 006. 2.The Registrar, Madurai Kamaraj University, Palkalai Nagar, Madurai-625 021. 3.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Madurai Region, Shenoy Nagar, Madurai. 4.The Director, Institute of Cooperative Management, Chinna Udaippu, Madurai-625 022. ... Respondents Writ Petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of mandamus, directing the 3rd respondent to counter sign the petitioner's Teaching Experience Certificate issued by the 4th respondent and consequently directing the 1st respondent to rank the petitioner, after taking into consideration the Teaching Experience Certificate issued by the 4th respondent. !For Petitioner : Ms.J.Maria Roseline For Respondents : Mr.M.Murugan, 1, 3 and 4 Government Advocate. For Respondent-2 : Mr.T.Sakthikumaran :ORDER
The petitioner has come up with this writ petition alleging that the 3rd respondent failed to countersign the Teaching Experience Certificate in Annexure-V, inspite of her representation.
2.The petitioner made an application for appointment to the post of Assistant Professor, pursuant to the Notification issued by the Teachers Recruitment Board. The application contained a requirement that the candidate should produce Teaching Experience Certificate in Annexure-V. The certificate issued by the Principal of the College should be countersigned by the Joint Director of Collegiate Education concerned. The petitioner obtained a Teacher Experience Certificate from the 4th respondent, indicating her experience. Since the same was not countersigned by the third respondent, the petitioner has filed this writ petition.
3.The 3rd respondent is present in Court, today. According to the 3rd respondent, the Institute of Cooperative Management, Chinna Udaippu, Madurai-625 022, would not come under her control and that was the reason for her not countersigning the certificate. The third respondent further contended that the petitioner has not produced the certificate in the Statutory Form in Annexure-V for counter signature and without doing so, she has come up with this writ petition.
4.The petitioner has produced a copy of the Teaching Experience Certificate issued by the Director, Institute of Cooperative Management, Chinna Udaippu, Madurai-625 022, the 4th respondent herein. The Teachers Recruitment Board wanted the certificate issued by the 4th respondent to be countersigned by the concerned Joint Director of Collegiate Education. The Joint Director is not going to certify something beyond the certificate issued by the Head of the Institution. Therefore, I am of the view that the certificate issued by the 4th respondent should be attested by the third respondent.
5.The petitioner is permitted to submit a representation to the third respondent, along with the Teaching Experience Certificate issued to her in Annexure-V by the 4th respondent, requesting to countersign the same. The third respondent is directed to countersign the certificate, forthwith. In case the 3rd respondent wanted further information for the purpose of attesting the certificate, it is open to her to seek clarification from the 4th respondent and in the event of making any such request, the 4th respondent should give all such particulars to the 3rd respondent. In any case, the attestation process should be completed within three working days of receipt of representation along with Annexure-V.
6.The writ petition is disposed of with the above direction. No costs. Connected M.P.(MD)No.1 of 2014 is closed.
To
1.The Joint Director of Collegiate Education, Madurai Region, Shenoy Nagar, Madurai.
2.The Director, Institute of Cooperative Management, Chinna Udaippu, Madurai-625 022.