ST ANTHONYS BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL vs DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND ORS

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$~97 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Decided on 08.05.2025 + W.P.(C) 12957/2024 ST ANTHONYS BOYS SECONDARY SCHOOL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Romy Chacko, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Sachin Singh Dalal, Mr. Akshat Singh, Advocates. versus DIRECTOR OF EDUCATION AND ORS .....Respondents Through: Mrs. Avnish Ahlawat, SC with Mr. N.K. Singh, Ms. Laavanya Kaushik, Ms. Aliza Alam, Mr. Mohnish Sehrawat, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN PRATEEK JALAN, J (ORAL) CM APPL. 28105/2025 (for directions) The petitioner has filed this application for permission to proceed with a recruitment process, which is the subject matter of the writ petition. Since the issue involved in the application would dispose of the writ petition, the application is allowed, and the writ petition itself is taken on Board with the consent of learned counsel for the parties. W.P.(C) 12957/2024 1. The petitioner – St. Anthony’s Boys’ Secondary School [“the School”] has challenged a memorandum issued by respondent No. 1 – Directorate of Education [“DoE”] dated 03.08.2024, directing it to Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER W.P.(C) 12957/2024 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:09.05.2025 19:22:35 withhold its recruitment process and keep it in abeyance until further directions are received from the DoE. 2. The petitioner is an aided minority school, as certified by the National Commission for Minority Educational Institutions, vide certificate dated 21.06.2006. 3. The petitioner commenced the process of recruitment of teachers and other employees by a newspaper advertisement published on 08.07.2024. Being an aided institution, it thereafter applied for grant-in- aid by a communication dated 27.07.2024. 4. It is at this stage that the impugned memorandum dated 03.08.2024 was issued. It was co