M. Jegannathan, v. J. Ramesh,

2024:MHC:3075

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 09.08.2024 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE ANITA SUMANTH and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE G. ARUL MURUGAN W.P.Nos. 15368, 15369 of 2005, 11580 & 11581 of 2006 W.P.No.15368 of 2005 1.M.Jegannathan 2.V.Govindaswamy 3.P.Chinnasamy 4.B.Mohan Kumar 5.S.Subhashini 6.M.Ravi 7.L.Nandakumar 8.K.Arumugam 9.Muruganandam K 10.H.G.Ravichandran 11.S.Shanmugasundaram 12.R.Premkumar 13.P.Selvakumar 14.V.P.Natarajan 15.T.Muthukumar 16.P.Tamilalagan 17.V.Soundarapandian 18.R.S.Sundaravathanam 19.V.Kayalvizhi 20.M.Chandirasekar 21.R.Subramaniam 22.S.Srinivasan 23.Dola Tirupathi 24.P.M.Bhaskaran 25.I.Chellam 26.M.K.Mathivanan 27.A.Palanichamy .. Petitioners vs 1.J.Ramesh 2.S.Rajagopalan 3.K.Chandrasekaran 4.A.Krunakar 1/11

5.Union of India Rep. By its Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai - 1, MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34.

6.The Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Tamilnadu Zone,MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34.

7.The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, High Court Buildings, Chennai - 600 104.

8.N.Rajamanickam 9.J.Ponnusamy 10.V.Moses 11.L.Rajakumari 12.P.M.Subramani 13.K.Sivakumar 14.P.Somanathan 15.K.Arumugam 16.M.Arunachalam 17.S.Sridevi (R8 to R17 impleaded vide order dated 25.06.2009 in WPMP 21318/05 in WP 15368/05) ..Respondents W.P.No.15369 of 2005 1.M.Jegannathan 2.V.Govindaswamy 3.P.Chinnasamy 4.B.Mohan Kumar 5.S.Subhashini 6.L.Nandakumar 7.M.Ravi 8.K.Arumugam 9.Muruganandam K.

10.S.Shanmugasundaram 11.H.G.Ravichandran 12.R.Premkumar 13.P.Selvakumar 14.V.P.Natarajan 15.T.Muthukumar 16.P.Tamillagan 17.V.Soundarapandian 2/11

18.R.S.Sundaravathanam 19.V.Kayalvizhi 20.M.Chandirasekar 21.R.Subramaniam 22.S.Srinivasan 23.Dola Tirupathi 24.P.M.Bhaskaran 25.I.Chellam 26.M.K.Mathivanan 27.A.Palanichamy 28.M.Karunanithi 29.P.Santhakumar 30.M.Mathivanan 31.V.Meenakshisundaram 32.P.Gowri 33.Kathiravan R.H.

34.J.R.Mahadevan 35.C.Gvindasamy 36.G.sadasivam 37.K.Narayanan 38.M.Venkatesan 39.K.Ayyavu 40.Ravichandran P 41.K.Chandramohan 42.Ajit Prasad M.D.

43.Vanaja K 44.Vimala J 45.S.Ravindran 46.S.Ponnusamy 47.Ramachandran S .. Petitioners vs 1.Kalaiselvan 2.R.Kumar 3.Union of India Rep. By its Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel and Training,New Delhi. 4.Union of India Rep. By Commissioner of Central Excise, 121 MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai.

5.The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, High Court Buildings, Chennai - 600 104.

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6.N.Rajamanickam 7.J.Ponnusamy 8.V.Moses 9.L.Rajakumari 10.P.M.Subramani 11.K.Sivakumar 12.P.Somanathan 13.K.Arumugam 14.M.Arunachalam 15.S.Sridevi (R6 to R15 impleaded vide order dated 25.06.2009 made in WMP 21319/05 in WP 15369/05) .. Respondents W.P.No.11580 of 2006 The Union of India Rep. By the Commissioner of Central Excise, Chenai I Commissionerate,26/1, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034.

.. Petitioner vs 1.The Central Administrative Tribunal, Rep. By its Registrar, Chennai Bench, Chennai - 104.

2.J.Ramesh 3.S.Rajagopalan 4.K.Chandrasekaran 5.A.Karunakar 6.Kaliappan 7.Savariraj Alanson P 8.Sudanthiranathan P 9.Selvaraj R 10.Raja S 11.Govindasamy V 12.Subramaniam M 13.Ramar J 14.Shankar M.K.

15.Gunasekaran R 16.Pooviah K 17.Chinnasamy P 18.Mohan Kumar B 19.Shama Rao D 20.Subhashini S 4/11

21.Ravi M 22.Kumar V 23.Selvamani K 24.Nandakumar L 25.Arumugam K 26.Sekar R 27.Jayaprakash C 28.Muruganandam K 29.Ravichandran HG 30.Munusamy G 31.Kulasekaran N 32.Shanmugasundaram s 33.Seralathan G 34.Premkumar R 35.Mohan Raj M 36.Selvakumar P 37.Natarajan V.P.

38.Muthukumar 39.Tamilalagan P 40.Soundarapandian V 41.Sundaravadanam R.S.

42.Kayalvizhi 43.Chandirasekar M 44.Sivabalan G 45.Subramanyam R 46.Srinivasan S 47.Dola Thirupathy 48.Baskaran P.M.

49.Chellam I 50.Jeganathan M 51.Mathivanan M.K.

52.Palanichamy A .. Respondents W.P.No.11581 of 2006 The Union of India Rep. By the Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai I Commissionerate, 26/1, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034.

.. Petitioner vs 1.The Central Administrative Tribunal, Rep. By its Registrar, Chennai Bench, Chennai - 104.

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2.P.Kalaiselvan 3.R.Kumar 4.Kaliappan 5.Savariraj Alanson P 6.Sudanthiranathan P 7.Selvaraj. R 8.Raja S.

9.Govindasamy V 10.Subramaniam M 11.Ramar J 12.Shankar M.K.

13.Gunasekaran R 14.Pooviah K 15.Chinnasamy P 16.Mohan Kumar B 17.Shama Rao D 18.Subhashini S 19.Ravi.M 20.Kumar.V 21.Selvamani K 22.Nandakumar L 23.Arumugam K 24.Sekar R 25.Jayaprakash C 26.Muruganandam K 27.Ravichandran H.G.

28.Munusamy G 29.Kulasekaran N 30.Shanmugasundaram S 31.Seralathan G 32.Premkumar R 33.Mohan Raj M 34.Selvakumar P 35.Natarajan V.P.

36.Muthukumar 37.Tamilalagan P 38.Soundarapandian V 39.Sundaravadanam R.S.

40.Kayalvizhi 41.Chandirasekar M 42.Sivabalan G 43.Subramanyam R 44.Srinivasan S 45.Dola Thirupathy 46.Baskaran P.M.

47.Chellam.I 48.Jeganathan M 6/11

49.Mathivanan M.K.

50.Palanichamy A.

51.Karunanidhi M 52.Shanthakumar P 53.Mathivanan M 54.Meenakshisundaram V 55.Selvamani S 56.Gowri P 57.Leelamani R 58.Kathiravan R.H.

59.Mahadevan J.R.

60.Govindasamy C 61.Sadasivam G 62.Narayanan.K 63.Venkatesan M 64.Ayyavoo K 65.Nagarajan.G 66.Ravichandran P 67.Chandramohan K 68.Ajit Prasad M.D.

69.Vanaja K 70.Vimala J 71.Ravindran S 72.Ponnuswamy S 73.Ramachandran S.

.. Respondents Prayer in W.P.No.15368 of 2005:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorari calling for the records relating to the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench made in O.A.No.128 of 2003 dated 15.03.2005 quash the same.

Prayer in W.P.No.15369 of 2005:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorari calling for the records relating to the order of the Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench made in O.A.No.146 of 2003 dated 15.03.2005 quash the same.

Prayer in W.P.No.11580 of 2006:

Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorari calling for the proceedings of the first respondent dated 15.03.2005 made in O.A.Nos. 128/2003 and quash the said order.

Prayer in W.P.No. 11581 of 2006:

Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorari calling for the proceedings of the first respondent dated 15.03.2005 made in O.A.Nos. 146/2003 and quash the said order.

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Writ Petition For Petitioners For Respondents 15368 / 2005 Mr.L.Chandrakumar Mr.Karthik Rajan for R1 to R4 Mr.V.Sundareswarn, SSC for R5 & R6 R7 - Tribunal No appearance for R8 to R15 15369/2005 Mr.L.Chandrakumar Mr.V.Sundareswaran,SSC for R3 to R5 Not ready in notice reg.

R1, R2 No appearance for R6 to R15 11580/2006 Mr.V.Sundareswaran, SSC Mr.L.Chandrakumar for R11, R17, R18, R21, R25, R28, R32, R36 to R40, R43, R45, R47 to R50 & R52 R1 Tribunal Mr.Karthik Rajan for R2 to R5 No appearance for R6 to R10, R12 to R16, R26, R27, R19, R20, R22 to R24, R29, R30, R31, R33 to R35, R41, R42, R44 & R46 11581/2006 Mr.V.Sundareswaran,SSC R1-Tribunal Mr.L.Chandrakumar for R8, R9, R15, R16, R19, R23, R26, R30, R34 to R37, R41, R43, R46 to R48, R50, R52, R54, R56, R59, R60, R63, R64, R70, R72 & R73 Service awaited for R2, R3 No appearance for R5 to R8, R10 to R14, R17, R18, R20, R21, R22, R24, R25, R27 to R29, R31 to R33, R38 to R40, R42, R44, R45, R49, R51, R53, R55, R57, R58, R61, R62, R65 to R69 & R71 8/11

COMMON ORDER Read this order in continuation of and in conjunction with order dated 07.08.2024 that reads as follows:- "W.P.Nos. 15368 & 15369 of 2005 have been filed by the reserved candidates, respondents in O.A filed before the Central Administrative Tribunal(CAT).

2. W.P.No.11581 of 2006 has been filed by the official respondents in OA, being the Union of India, Secretary to Government, Department of Personnel and Training & Commissioner of Central Excise.

3. W.P.No.11580 of 2006 has been filed by candidates falling under open category, petitioners in the original applications .

4. Heard in brief.

5. The Court is not inclined to keep these four writ petitions pending indefinitely as the issue arising in these matters is stated to be pending before the Hon'ble Supreme Court. Hence these matters may be closed granting full liberty to all parties to revive the same as and when final orders are passed by the Supreme Court.

6. Mr.Sundareswaran, learned counsel, seeks a few days time to obtain instructions and revert.

7. List on 09.08.2024."

2.

Today, all learned counsel, including, Mr.Sundareswaran, learned Senior Standing Counsel, who sought a few day's time on the last occasion, would accede to the decision of this Court as recorded in the aforesaid order.

3.

Hence, in light of order dated 07.08.2024, these writ petitions are closed granting full liberty to all parties to revive the same, if they are so inclined as and when final orders are passed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court. No costs.

[A.S.M., J] [G.A.M., J] 09.08.2024 ssm 9/11

To 1.The Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai - 1, MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34.

2.The Chief Commissioner of Central Excise, Tamilnadu Zone, MG Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai - 34.

3.The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Madras Bench, High Court Buildings, Chennai - 600 104.

4.The Secretary to Government Department of Personnel and Training, New Delhi.

5. The Commissioner of Central Excise, Chennai I Commissionerate, 26/1, Nungambakkam High Road, Chennai - 600 034.

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DR. ANITA SUMANTH,J.

and G. ARUL MURUGAN.,J ssm W.P.Nos. 15368, 15369 of 2005, 11580 & 11581 of 2006 09.08.2024 11/11