D.Veerakumar v. Neyveli Lignite Corporation

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 06-07-2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.NO.155 OF 2015 AND M.P.NO.1 OF 2015 1.

D.Veerakumar 2.

V.Sakkarapani 3.

P.Devanathan 4.

N.Annadurai 5.

T.Amsavalli 6.

V.Palaniammal 7.

K.Parvathi 8.

Senthilmurugan 9.

P.Selvaraj 10.

S.Olivier 11.

N.Sekar 12.

M.Baskaran 13.

P.Narayanasamy 14.

R.Perumal 15.

R.Sankaran 16.

C.Sulochana 17.

M.Rajavel 18.

L.Selvaraj 19.

R.Mariyayee 20.

A.Elizabeth 21.

C.Chandramouli 22.

P.Nallu 23.

S.Veeran 24.

R.Arumugam 25.

M.Mayavan 26.

R.Balu 27.

V.Velmurugan 28.

G.Jayaraman 29.

K.Sundararajan 30.

D.Govindan 31.

L.Madhiyalagan 32.

K.Govindaraj 33.

V.Selvaraj 34.

M.Kolanji 35.

P.Subramanian 36.

K.Jebarathinam 37.

N.Meyyan

38.

D.C.Sekar 39.

D.Rajendran 40.

A.Periyasamy 41.

C.Elangovan 42.

M.Ramamoorthy 43.

T.Kuppusamy 44.

S.Krishnamurthy 45.

R.Navachakaramurthi 46.

R.Rajendran 47.

K.Rengasamy 48.

K.Sigamani 49.

N.Kolanjian 50.

T.Kolanji 51.

V.Iyyappan 52.

J.Chakkarapani 53.

K.Govindan 54.

K.Paneerselvan 55.

N.Kopuliyan Muthukumaran 56.

S.Saravanan 57.

V.Anbumary 58.

K.Sellakannu 59.

S.Sumathi 60.

D.Palaniammal 61.

V.Vasuki 62.

K.Alamelu 63.

R.Renganayaki 64.

S.Selvi 65.

V.Saroja 66.

K.Nallathambi 67.

D.Veerappan 68.

S.Lakshmi 69.

G.Nehruarumugam 70.

V.Rayar 71.

M.Tamilselvan 72.

N.Shanmugam 73.

T.Elangovan 74.

C.Rajasekar 75.

S.Sivaraj 76.

S.Kasilingam 77.

K.Jothimani 78.

Kamarajan 79.

R.Sankar 80.

S.Santhoshkumar 81.

R.Chandrakasi 82.

S.Palani 83.

K.Kaliyan 84.

V.Raja 85.

M.Annapoorani 86.

P.Mallika 87.

K.Ravichandran

88.

V.Deivasigamani 89.

P.Murugan 90.

L.Mallika 91.

J.Chakkaravarthy 92.

S.Irudayadoss 93.

P.Ramalingam 94.

M.Selvaraj 95.

M.Swaminathan 96.

R.Deivanai 97.

A.Sivakumar 98.

E.Ravi 99.

C.Venkatesan

100. A.Chandrababu

101. R.Nagarajan

102. R.Dhanasekaran

103. V.Balamurugan

104. P.Muralidoss

105. P.Sridhar

106. P.Chandra

107. M.Sivakumar

108. M.Maheswaran

109. K.Kuppusamy

110. M.Kumar

111. K.Boopathy

112. C.Marimuthu

113. P.Manikandan

114. P.Krishnan

115. A.Balsamy

116. A.Selvaraj

117. S.David Mary

118. R.Thiruvengadam

119. V.Chinnasamy

120. A.Shanmugavel

121. C.Rathinam

122. D.Rajavelu

123. P.S.Haridhas

124. R.Malliga

125. P.M.Arivalagan

126. K.Elumalai

127. R.Selvaraj

128. P.Raghupathy

129. Rasathi

130. A.Anbarasan

131. A.Velayutham

132. S.Sethurayar

133. C.Veeramuthu

134. R.Rani

135. M.Velayutham

136. E.Alamelu

137. C.Murugan

138. K.Suresh

139. M.Kasi

140. K.Uthirapathi

141. S.Shanmugam

142. N.Pachaimuthu

143. A.Venkatachalapathy

144. R.Venkatesan

145. T.Mani

146. V.Arumugam

147. K.Ramachandran

148. T.Ilayaperumal

149. P.Malarkodi

150. C.Palanivel

151. M.Sakthivel

152. S.Thangavel

153. C.Subramanian

154. P.Sadhasivam

155. R.Sachidhanandham

156. N.Rangasamy

157. P.Paramasivam

158. M.Mallika

159. K.Balamurugan

160. P.Natarajan

161. C.Seenan

162. K.Murugan

163. Parthipan

164. A.Velayutham

165. A.Venkatesan

166. D.Raju

167. P.Muruganandham

168. K.N.Raja

169. L.Selvam

170. R.Nagarajan

171. K.Ravichandran

172. R.Dhanasekaran

173. Krishnakumar

174. P.Mallika

175. K.Ramasamy

176. P.Chandra

177. R.Raghuraman

178. P.Ammasai

179. R.Sankar

180. V.Parameswari

181. A.Ganapathi

182. V.Deivasigamani

183. L.Periyasamy

184. P.Muthusamy

185. A.Kaliyan

186. M.Thangavelu

187. T.Balamurugan

188. C.Ramachandran

189. R.Periyasamy

190. V.Balamurugan

191. M.Nallu

192. K.Veerasamy

193. C.Sekar

194. K.Mani

195. C.Kaliyan

196. A.Samidurai

197. M.Babu

198. D.Karuppiah

199. B.Selvam

200. R.Selvaraj

201. R.Murugan

202. R.Shanmugam ... Petitioners .Vs.

1. Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Represented by the Chairman, Neyveli - 2.

2. The Manager, (P & IR), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Neyveli - 2.

... Respondents PRAYER:- Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to regularise the service of the petitioners or absorb as permanent employees of the first respondent-Corporation with effect from the date of their initial engagement with all monetary and service benefits in the light of the law laid down by the Hon'ble Apex Court in Delhi Jal Board vs. National Campaign for Dignity and Rights of Sewerage and Allied Workers and Others reported in 2011 (8) SCC 568.

For Petitioners :

Mr.R.Singaravelan Senior Counsel For Mr.M.Rajamani For Respondents :

Mr.F.B.Benjamin George

O R D E R

The relief sought for in the present writ petition is to direct the respondents to regularise the services of the petitioners or absorb as permanent employees of the first respondent-Corporation with effect from the date of their initial appointment with all monetary and service benefits.

2. The learned Senior Counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners drew the attention of this Court with reference to the averments made in paragraph-22 of the counter-affidavit filed on behalf of respondents 1 and 2, the learned Senior Counsel for the petitioners made a submission that it is suffice if the contentions in paragraph-22 of the counter-affidavit have been given effect to and the same is extracted as under:- "I state that the petitioners are also governed by the consolidated seniority list prepared by the first respondent which was accepted by the Hon'ble Supreme Court and recorded in its order dated 16.04.2013 in Civil Appeal No.1629 of 2011 in its order the Hon'ble Supreme Court categorically stated that "if workmen has any grievance with the said seniority list, they can submit their grievance/objection to the management of the appellant-Corporation who shall consider the same". Therefore, if there is any dispute with regard to the seniority it is open to the petitioners to submit their grievance to this respondent. The present Writ Petition is not maintainable."

3. In view of the counter-affidavit filed by the respondents 1 and 2 in paragraph-22, extracted supra, no further adjudication needs to be undertaken in respect of the grounds raised in the present writ petition.

4. Accordingly, the writ petition stands disposed of. However, there shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VIII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar Svn

To 1.

The Chairman, Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Neyveli - 2.

2.

The Manager, (P & IR), Neyveli Lignite Corporation Ltd., Neyveli - 2.

+1cc to Mr.F.B.Benjamin George, Advocate, S.R.No.43707 +1cc to Mr.M.Srividhya, Advocate, S.R.No.44109 W.P.NO.155 OF 2015 MG(CO) PBS/21/07/2022