Union Of India v. C.Rathesh Ranjithanathan

2024:MHC:3981

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 19.11.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.JOTHIRAMAN and W.M.P.No.15482 of 2021 1.Union of India Represented by Secretary, Ministry of Defence, Department of Defence Production, New Delhi - 110 001.

2.The Chairman, Ordnance Factory Board, 10-A, S.K. Bose Road, Kolkata - 700 001.

3.The General Manager, Ordnance Factory, Tiruchirappalli - 620 016.

4.Advanced Weapons and Equipments India Limited, Kalpi Road, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh - 208 009.

5.The Directorate of Ordnance, (Coordination and Services) Ayudh Bhawan, B.B.D. Bagh, Kolkata - 700 001.

... Petitioners

[Petitioners 4 and 5 are impleaded vide order dated 19.11.2024 in WMP.No.36594/2024 in WP.No.14591/2021] Vs.

1.C.Rathesh Ranjithanathan 2.Raghu G Desai 3.P.Anbazhagan 4.N.Palanisamy 5.S.Munisamy 6.N.Chandrasekaran 7.V.Prabhakaran 8.J.David 9.K.Udayakumar 10.K.Sajeev Kumar 11.G.V.Saravanan 12.N.Sivagurunathan 13.N.Gunasekaran 14.A.Mariya Rathinam 15.P.Ravichandran 16.K.Gnanaprakasam 17.Abraham K.Varughese

18.K.A.Selvarajan 19.P.Sekar 20.A.Stephenraj 21.S.Sivaraman 22.C.Devakumar 23.V.Johnson 24.K.Sivakumar 25.N.Saravanan 26.G.Ravikumar 27.M.Muthukaruppan 28.T.Manivannan 29.R.Thirunavukkarasu 30.P.X.Alfred Thomas 31.A.Krishnamoorthy 32.P.Udayakumar 33.C.Srinivasa Desigan 34.Nepoliyan 35.T.R.Rajesh 36.The Registrar, The Central Administration Tribunal,

High Court, Madras - 104.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of Writ of Certiorari, to call for the records dated 08.11.2017 and made in O.A.No.310/00927/2016 on the file of the 36th respondent and quash the same in so far it is against the petitioners. For Petitioners : Mr.A.R.Sakthivel Senior Panel Counsel For R1 to R35 : Mr.D.Muthukumar For M/s.Paul and Paul For R36 : Tribunal

O R D E R

[Order of the Court is made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.] With reference to the order impugned passed by the Tribunal in O.A.No.927 of 2016 dated 8th November, 2017, the learned Senior Panel Counsel appearing on behalf of the writ petitioners would submit that the Department has preferred an appeal before the Hon'ble Supreme Court of India in C.A.Nos.1843 to 1847 of 2024. The contempt application filed by the contesting respondents in the said petitions has also been stayed by the

Hon'ble Supreme Court.

2. Since the issues are subjudiced before the Hon'ble Supreme Court, the respondent's case in the present petition is also directed to be considered after disposal of the civil appeals by the Hon'ble Supreme Court, more specifically, with regard to the benefits, if any granted.

3. With these observations, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. [S.M.S., J.] [M.J.R., J.] 19.11.2024 (1/2) Index : Yes Speaking order / Non-speaking order Jeni

To The Registrar, The Central Administration Tribunal, High Court, Madras - 104.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM, J.

AND M.JOTHIRAMAN, J.

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