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rity dated 14-3-1961, the Mission authority referred to the Mother-General issued a direction that the petitioner shall attend school wearing a saree and a blouse as a lay woman teacher. The grievance of the petitioner is that such a direction about her dress is illegal and that it is still open to her to wear the religious habit of a nun. In para 4 of her affidavit in support of the petition, the direction of the Mission authority is impugned thus :

"The order in regard to the dress which I should wear as a teacher is also illegal. The Elementary Schools run by mission are secular institutions, subject to the ordinary law of the land, wherein there is no particular dress prescribed, for a teacher. The restriction in regard to dress, be-sides being uneasonable and mala fide in the circumstances of this case, is against the fundamental rights guaranteed under Articles 16, 19 and 25 etc., of the Constitution of India."
Roc. 304-A4/59.
Dated: 14-2-1961.
Subject: - Elementary Education -- Aided school -- Appeal Petition of the Manager, R. C. M. Elementary School, Rentachintala, Guntur District against the order of this office.
Ref: Appeal petition dated 15-2-1960 of the Manager, R. C. M. Elementary School.
2. Director's Pros. Re. No. 129-B2/60 dated 21-2-1961.
The Manager, R. C. M. Elementary School, Rentachintala, is informed that the teacher Suit. P. Chinnamma, may be re-instated of course with their own conditions about the teacher's dress etc., as per the principles and the discpline of the convent.
A further report on the action taken in this regard may be sent.
The teacher Smt. P. Chinnamma, is referred to the Manager, R. C. M. Elementary School, Rentachintala, for necessary orders.
Sd. Regional Deputy Director of Public Instruction, Guntur."

It is seen that these proceedings refer to the appeal petition dated 15-2-1960 of the Manager, R. C. M. Elementary School, It is sufficient to notice that the earlier proceedings of the District Educational Officer, Narasaraopet, Re. No. 385/D/58 dated 5-1-1960 directed the Manager R. C. M. Elementary School, Rentachintala, to reinstate the petitioner immediately, and there was no direction therein as to the dress that the petitioner should wear.

12. Yet another argument of Sri Eapiraju is that the schools run by the Mission are public institutions as they receive State grants and so the petitioner has the liberty of wearing the nun's 'religious habit'. This sumbission is also devoid of any merit. Under the Madras Educational Rules adopted in Anhdra Pradesh, public institutions are of two Classes: (1) those under the management of Government or local boards or Municipal councils known as institutions under public management; and (2) those under the management of private persons or associations known as institutions under private management. Public institutions under private managements are classified into aided and unaided according as they do or do not receive aid from public funds. It is therefore manifest that the schools run by the Catholic Mission do not cease to be under private management because they receive State grants. The management by the Mission could undoubtedly enforce discipline in the schools run by them. Thus the fact that their Elementary Schools receive State aid does not confer on the petitioner any exemption from the discipline enforced by the management.