Kerala Education Rules

The appellant, a qualified Social Studies teacher, had worked in two temporary vacancies at M.G.M. High School in 1970. When a permanent vacancy arose in 1971, the school manager appointed another teacher who had worked later in a different temporary vacancy. The appellant claimed a preferential right under Rule 51(A) …

The appellant, N.K. Haji, ran a primary school and applied for its upgradation to an upper primary school under the Kerala Education Rules. Although the initial 1975 notification did not list his school, the Government later issued a revised order sanctioning the upgradation, which was challenged on the ground that the…

The management of the Church of South India ran two schools and advertised a Music Teacher post on a direct recruitment basis. Both the appellant, D. Sarojakumari, and Respondent No.1, R. Helen Thilakom (already a part‑time teacher in the other school), applied and appeared for the selection; the appellant was appointe…

The appellant, a senior teacher at Emjay High School, claimed that, after acquiring the requisite qualifications, he should have been appointed Headmaster of the minority‑aided school. The school management instead transferred a qualified teacher from another school and appointed him as Headmaster, prompting the appell…

The State of Kerala challenged a Kerala High Court order that directed the Secretary of the General Education Department to verify the actual strength of students in all aided schools through police assistance, after a school was found to have obtained staff fixation orders through bogus admissions. The High Court had …

The petitioners, holders of Trained Teachers Certificate (TTC), challenged their non‑selection for lower and upper primary teacher posts in Kerala government schools, arguing that the advertisement required TTC and excluded B.Ed. degree holders. The State and the Public Service Commission had allowed B.Ed. candidates t…

The Supreme Court examined several petitions for compassionate appointments of dependents of government employees who died in service, filed under the Kerala Education Rules and a 1999 Government Order. It held that applications must be made within two years of death, or within three years after a minor attains majorit…