HIGH COURT OF ANDHRA PRADESH : HYDERABAD MAIN CASE NO: W.P.NO.15291 OF 2009 PROCEEDING SHEET S.NO. DATE ORDER OFFICE NOTE 5 10.8.2009 VEJ & VVAJ Notice before admission. Petitioners were selected as Secondary Grade Teachers with B.Ed., (Special Education - Hearing Impaired) pursuant to D.S.C. 2002. It is stated that the B.Ed degree obtained by the petitioners with Special Education – Hearing Impaired is not equal to regular B.Ed. Degree course for appointment as Secondary School Teachers in normal schools and therefore petitioners were asked to produce a regular B.Ed., certificate and in the absence of the same action is sought to be initiated for their removal. Questioning the said action, O.A.7794 of 2009 is filed b e f o r e the Andhra Pradesh Administrative Tribunal and the Tribunal by order dated 29.6.2009 dismissed the same holding that the B.Ed. Special Degree qualification is not equivalent to regular B.Ed., and the candidates possessing the B.Ed., Special Degree are made specifically ineligible for appointment to the post of Secondary Grade Teachers and therefore their appointments are ex facie illegal. It is stated that the Tribunal earlier taken a decision in O.A.No.4113 of 2006 that Special B.Ed. Degree Course is not equivalent to Regular B.Ed. Degree Course and accordingly dismissed the same. It is stated by the learned Government Pleader that the order of the Tribunal in O.A.No.4113 of 2006 holding that Special B.Ed., Degree Course is not equivalent to regular B.Ed., Decree Course has become final. The learned counsel for the petitioners submits that their case may be considered in respect of special schools for the deaf and dumb, which are said to be functioning in Karimnagar. The learned Government Pleader may obtain instructions as to whether any deaf and dumb schools are functioning in Karimnagar or any other place, if so, the feasibility of considering the case of the petitioners in the said schools. Post after ten days. _____________ 10.8.2009 kpr