v. Civics vi. Economics vii. Psychology viii. Philosophy (g) Being aggrieved by such exclusion, some students, 93 in number, who had graduated with Sociology, Political Science, Economics, History, Civics, and Geography, filed Special Civil Application No.6737 of 2011 and Special Civil Application No.6748 of 2011 challenging the eligibility criteria for TET so fixed and seeking direction for inclusion of Social Sciences. (h) During the pendency of those petitions, affidavits were filed and such criteria were sought to be justified by the State Government primarily on the following grounds: i. that priority should be given to the students who have graduated in Mathematics, Science, English, Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit, and ii. the respondents did not require at the moment primary teachers who had graduated with subjects of Social Sciences as principal subject. (i) The aforesaid contentions of respondents Nos. 2 and 3 were prima facie turned down by the Division Bench by its order dated 2nd June 2011 by making the following observations: Having considered the rival contentions of the respective parties, prima-facie, I am of the opinion that the decision of the respondents in not accepting the application forms online of the petitioners and other similarly situated candidates who have graduated with Social Science as the main subject does not appear to be just and proper. Teacher Eligibility Test is somewhat like an open entrance test. Based on the result of the TET, ultimately, as and when vacancies arise, appointments to the post of Primary Teachers are given. I can understand that the candidates may not have any say so far as the appointment is concerned. But, at least, the respondents ought to have permitted them to appear in the TET to be conduced on 12th June 2011 together with other applicants who are going to appear in the said test. The only ground appears to have been assigned in the reply is the fact that as there is no immediate need of primary teachers with the subject of Social Science as the main subject, the petitioners and other candidates with the subject of Social Science have been omitted. Further, according to the respondents as many candidates are going to appear in the TET, it will not be feasible to conduct the exams along with the applicants of subject of Social Science. This hardly can be a ground to keep such candidates away from the TET.
v. Civics vi. Economics vii. Psychology viii. Philosophy (g) Being aggrieved by such exclusion, some students, 93 in number, who had graduated with Sociology, Political Science, Economics, History, Civics, and Geography, filed Special Civil Application No.6737 of 2011 and Special Civil Application No.6748 of 2011 challenging the eligibility criteria for TET so fixed and seeking direction for inclusion of Social Sciences. (h) During the pendency of those petitions, affidavits were filed and such criteria were sought to be justified by the State Government primarily on the following grounds: i. that priority should be given to the students who have graduated in Mathematics, Science, English, Hindi, Gujarati and Sanskrit, and ii. the respondents did not require at the moment primary teachers who had graduated with subjects of Social Sciences as principal subject. (i) The aforesaid contentions of respondents Nos. 2 and 3 were prima facie turned down by the Division Bench by its order dated 2nd June 2011 by making the following observations: Having considered the rival contentions of the respective parties, prima-facie, I am of the opinion that the decision of the respondents in not accepting the application forms online of the petitioners and other similarly situated candidates who have graduated with Social Science as the main subject does not appear to be just and proper. Teacher Eligibility Test is somewhat like an open entrance test. Based on the result of the TET, ultimately, as and when vacancies arise, appointments to the post of Primary Teachers are given. I can understand that the candidates may not have any say so far as the appointment is concerned. But, at least, the respondents ought to have permitted them to appear in the TET to be conduced on 12th June 2011 together with other applicants who are going to appear in the said test. The only ground appears to have been assigned in the reply is the fact that as there is no immediate need of primary teachers with the subject of Social Science as the main subject, the petitioners and other candidates with the subject of Social Science have been omitted. Further, according to the respondents as many candidates are going to appear in the TET, it will not be feasible to conduct the exams along with the applicants of subject of Social Science. This hardly can be a ground to keep such candidates away from the TET.