Freshers can also take TET on October 14: HC

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Follow us:WhatsappFacebookTwitterTelegram.cls-1{fill:#4d4d4d;}.cls-2{fill:#fff;}Google NewsThe Madras High Court on Friday permitted fresh candidates to appear alongside those who are appearing again in the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to be held on October 14.Justice S Nagamuthu granted the permission, while disposing of writ petitions from A Yamini and E Vijayaraj. While Yamini prayed for a direction to permit her to write the TET, originally scheduled to be held on October 3, Vijayaraj sought to restrain the authorities concerned to desist from directly appointing any candidate who had passed in the TET.According to petitioner’s advocates M Ravi and Arun Kumar, there were about 26,116 vacancies of secondary grade teachers and graduate teachers in various schools across the State. Since only 2,448 candidates had acquired the eligibility certificate, the government was not in a position to fill all those vacancies. The government had stated that the candidates, who had failed in the TET, which was held on July 12 this year, alone would be permitted to write the test to be conducted on October 3, they pointed out. When the matter came up today, Additional Advocate-General PH Arvind Pandian produced a copy of a GO dated September 14 last.Recording the GO, Justice Nagamuthu directed the government to postpone the TET to be held on October 3, to October 14. Candidates who had not applied for the test on July 12 should be permitted to submit their applications on or before September 28. Those who had failed in the earlier test need not submit fresh applications, the judge said.first published:September 22, 2012, 09:11 ISTlast updated:September 22, 2012, 09:11 IST
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The Madras High Court on Friday permitted fresh candidates to appear alongside those who are appearing again in the Teachers Eligibility Test (TET) to be held on October 14.

Justice S Nagamuthu granted the permission, while disposing of writ petitions from A Yamini and E Vijayaraj. While Yamini prayed for a direction to permit her to write the TET, originally scheduled to be held on October 3, Vijayaraj sought to restrain the authorities concerned to desist from directly appointing any candidate who had passed in the TET.

According to petitioner’s advocates M Ravi and Arun Kumar, there were about 26,116 vacancies of secondary grade teachers and graduate teachers in various schools across the State. Since only 2,448 candidates had acquired the eligibility certificate, the government was not in a position to fill all those vacancies. The government had stated that the candidates, who had failed in the TET, which was held on July 12 this year, alone would be permitted to write the test to be conducted on October 3, they pointed out. When the matter came up today, Additional Advocate-General PH Arvind Pandian produced a copy of a GO dated September 14 last.

Recording the GO, Justice Nagamuthu directed the government to postpone the TET to be held on October 3, to October 14. Candidates who had not applied for the test on July 12 should be permitted to submit their applications on or before September 28. Those who had failed in the earlier test need not submit fresh applications, the judge said.