IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 27-06-2008 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition No.27703 of 2006 (O.A.No.2068 of 1996) R.Gandhi .. Petitioner. Versus 1.The District Project Nutrition Officer, VRP District, Villupuram. 2.Tmt.Lakshmi .. Respondents. Prayer: This petition has been filed seeking for a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records relating to the impugned order of the first respondent in Se.Mu.Na.Ka.1826/A3/95, dated 03.04.1996 an quash the same and direct the first respondent to promote the applicant as Noon Meal Organiser, Child Welfare Centre, Karunapuram, Kallakurichi Taluk, V.R.P. District with all attendant benefits. For Petitioner : Mr.P.Rajendran For Respondents : Mr.T.Sreenivasan Government Advocate O R D E R Heard the learned counsels appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents. 2. It is stated by the petitioner that she has been working as a Helper in the Child Welfare Centre, Karunapuram, Kallakurichi Taluk, Villupuram Ramasamy Padayatchiar District. She was appointed in the said post, on 29.6.1982, by the proceedings of the Commissioner, Kallakurichi Panchayat Union, in Na.Ka.No.A8/3755/82, dated 29.6.1982. The petitioner has further stated that the post of Noon Meal Organiser at Karunapuram Centre, where the petitioner has been working, had fallen vacant due to the resignation of one https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ Mrs.S.Senthamarai. Even though the petitioner is fully qualified to be promoted to the said post, the second respondent has been promoted, overlooking the claims of the petitioner. 3. In the reply affidavit filed on behalf of the first respondent, it has been stated that the petitioner should have passed S.S.L.C and she should have put in long service in the post of Helper. Since the petitioner had passed only 9th standard, she was not eligible for promotion to the post of Community Nutrition Worker. However, the second respondent had passed the requisite minimum general qualification of S.S.L.C pass. In such circumstances, the claims made on behalf of the petitioner cannot be sustained. 4. In view of the submissions made by the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner, as well as the respondents and in view of the records available, it is clear that the petitioner does not possess the required minimum educational qualification to be promoted to the post of Community Nutrition Worker, as claimed by her. On the other hand, the second respondent possesses the required qualification to be promoted to the said post. In such circumstances, the petitioner has not shown sufficient cause or reason to interfere with the impugned order of the first respondent, dated 3.4.1996. Accordingly, the writ petition stands dismissed. No costs. csh Sd/- Assistant Registrar / True Copy / Sub. Assistant Registrar To 1.The District Project Nutrition Officer, Villupuram, Villupuram District. 1 cc to the Government Pleader, SR.33639 skd (co) dv/7.7. Writ Petition No.27703 of 2006 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/