Whenever a post fell vacant following the resignation, retirement or death of a serving teaching faculty, the college management shall fill the post by a qualified teacher without loss of time in the interest of the students, the Madras High Court has observed.
Passing a common order on a batch of petitions, Justice D. Hariparanthaman recalled the court’s interference in the action of some educational institutions which had refused to approve the appointment of teachers, since “that action would ultimately affect the poor students who will seek admission in various courses in aided colleges, wherein no fee or nominal fee is collected.”
Several petitioners working in Scott Christian College at Nagercoil had moved the court seeking to direct the Director of Collegiate Education to approve their appointment as assistant professors in various departments of the college in the existing vacancies with monetary and all other service benefits on the similarly placed persons.
The Director of Collegiate Education had issued a proceeding on April 4 to the Registrar of Manonmaniam Sundaranar University stating that it should not grant approval for the qualification unless the authorities concerned sanctioned the grant and hence the petition.
The judge directed the Collegiate Education officials to grant approval to the appointment of the petitioners within four weeks as they were appointed against the regular vacancies.
Petitioners working in Scott Christian College at Nagercoil had sought approval of their appointment as assistant professors
