The Teach­ing Ser­vice Com­mis­sion (TSC) has been barred from fill­ing the va­can­cy for a prin­ci­pal at a sec­ondary school in St James, while a se­nior teacher, who has been act­ing in the po­si­tion for five years, pur­sues a law­suit over be­ing blocked from the re­cruit­ment process.

Jus­tice Frank Seep­er­sad grant­ed an in­junc­tion against the com­mis­sion as the ju­di­cial re­view law­suit, brought by Nisha Ha­ley Thomas came up for hear­ing yes­ter­day morn­ing.

In the law­suit, Thomas’ lawyers led by Ian Roach are claim­ing that the com­mis­sion act­ed un­rea­son­ably and im­prop­er­ly in rul­ing that Thomas was in­el­i­gi­ble for con­sid­er­a­tion for the po­si­tion be­cause she did not pos­sess a pre-req­ui­site un­der­grad­u­ate de­gree.