J.Rathnagiri, v. The Government Of Tamil Nadu

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 30.11.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH and W.M.P.Nos.12955, 19072 and 19578 of 2020

1. J.Rathnagiri

2. R.Kumar

3. S.Jayachandran

4. S.Kumaresan

5. S.Santhoshkumar .. Petitioners in WP.4177/2020

1. K.Baskaran

2. A.M.Gokula Santhana Krishnan

3. S.Venkatesan

4. S.S.V.Muthamilarasan

5. B.Karthik

6. S.Suresh Kumar

7. J.Muthuramalingam

8. S.Shozharaja

9. P.Jagadish 10.C.Palanivelu ..Petitioners in WP.10927/2020 -vs1. The Government of Tamilnadu, Rep. by its Secretary, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2. The Engineer-in-Chief (WRO) & Chief Engineer (General) 1/10

Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai-5.

3. The Tamilnadu Public Service Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Frazer Bridge Road, Chennai 600 003.

..Respondents in WPs.4177 & 10927/2020 PRAYER: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to publish, within a time frame, the seniority list of Assistant Engineers in Public Works Department after revising the inter se seniority of the Assistant Engineers selected by the 3rd respondent pursuant to the advertisement No.247 notified by the 3rd respondent on 14.07.2010 (WP.4177/2020) and advertisement No.151 notified by the 3rd respondent on 31.01.2008 (WP.10927/2020) based on their marks obtained in the competitive examination conducted by the 3rd respondent for their selection as ordered by this Court in their judgment dated 31.03.2015 passed in W.A.No.2730 of 2012, etc., batch.

WP.No.10669/2020 L.Vijaya Raghav .. Petitioner -vs1. The Government of Tamilnadu, Rep. by its Secretary, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2. The Chief Architect, Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai-5.

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3. The Tamilnadu Public Service Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, Frazer Bridge Road, Chennai 600 003.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to publish, within a time frame as may be fixed by this Court, the seniority list of Junior Architects of Public Works Department after duly revising the inter se seniority of the Junior Architects who were initially selected by the 3rd respondent pursuant to the Notification No.34 dated 31.08.2012 based on the marks they scored in the competitive examination conducted by the 3rd respondent for their selection as ordered by this Court in their judgments dated 31.03.2015 and 15.11.2019 passed in W.A.No.2705 of 2012, etc., batch and W.P.No.998 of 2017 and consequently direct the respondents to consider, if found eligible, the petitioner for promotion as Assistant Architect notionally from the date on which one Ms.R.Deepika, Jr.Architect was promoted with all consequential monetary benefits and service benefits in the promoted post within a time frame as may be fixed by this Court. WP.No.15243 of 2020

1. Nagalakshmi.M

2. Santhosh Kumaar.B

3. Kangavel.K

4. Pradeep Kumar.J

5. G.Ramkumar

6. Palanisamy.R

7. Prabakaran.S

8. R.Kannan

9. Mariappan.G 3/10

10.Saravanan.R 11.V.Sundar 12.Elango.M 13.Gobi.S 14.Murali.K.K.

15.Gnanaprabha.S 16.G.Raja 17.A.Senthilkumar 18.Maheswari.A 19.U.Ramya 20.Natarajan.P 21.Padmanabhan.R 22.Veeramani.T 23.Rajkumar.K.R.

24.Kesavaramkumar.V 25.Yuvaraj.A 26.Sathishkumar.K 27.Vigneshwaran.P 28.S.Prema 29.Balasubramani.T 30.Pushpavalli.K 31.Isaiamuthan.R 32.Mohankumar.K 33.Mohaankumar.D 34.Vijayakumar.A 35.Prabha.S 36.Praveen.P 37.P.Amsupandi 38.Dilipan.S 39.R.Parameswari .. Petitioners -Vs1. The Government of Tamilnadu, Rep. by its Secretary, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi Department, 4/10

Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2. The Director of Sericulture, Nethaji Nagar, Hasthampatti, Salem 636007.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to publish, within a time frame, the seniority list of Junior Inspectors of Sericulture after revising the inter se seniority of the Junior Inspector of Sericulture selected for the year 20152016 by the 2nd respondent based on the marks they scored in the competitive examination conducted by the 2nd respondent for their selection as ordered by this Court in their judgment dated 31.03.2015 passed in W.A.No.2730 of 2012, etc., batch.

WP.No.15740 of 2020

1. T.S.Elangovan

2. S.Jothibasu

3. S.Bharathan

4. B.Arun Prasad

5. M.Rajan

6. R.Dharmaraja

7. V.Srinivasan

8. B.Muthukumar

9. V.Lingarajan 10.A.Balasenthilnathan 11.R.Rajkumar 12.S.Jegannathan 13.K.Soundhararajan 14.S.Kannan 15.M.Ganesh Chinnathambi .. Petitioners 5/10

-vs1. The Government of Tamilnadu, Rep. by its Secretary, Highways Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2. The Director General (Highways), Highways Department, Sardar Patel Road, HRS Campus, Guindy, Chennai-25.

3. The Tamilnadu Public Service Commission, Rep. by its Secretary, TNPSC Road, Chennai 600 003.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to revise the interse seniority of Assistant Engineers who were initially selected based on Combined Services Examinations 2006 conducted by the 3rd respondent for Highways Department based on the marks they scored in their selection by the 3rd respondent with effect from the year of their joining the service by extending the judgment of this Court dated 31.03.2015 passed in W.A.No.2705 of 2012, etc. batch and confirmed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in their orders dated 22.01.2016 within a time frame and accordingly based on such revision of seniority to consider and promote afresh the petitioners and other Assistant Engineers of the said batch based to the category of Assistant Divisional Engineer replacing the already temporarily promoted Assistant Engineers of their batch. For Petitioner in all WPs.

: Mr.N.Subramaniyan 6/10

For Respondents 1 & 2 in all WPs.

: Mr.M.Bindran Addl. G.P.

For R-3 in WPs.

4177, 10669, 10927, 15740/2020 : Mrs.C.N.G.Niraimathi Stdg. Counsel for TNPSC * * * * * COMMON ORDER All the petitioners herein have been appointed after 10.03.2003, which is the cut-off date fixed by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in a batch of cases relating to fixation of seniority as per the TNPSC seniority merit list.

2. In the counter-affidavit filed by the respondents, it is stated that the seniority of Assistant Engineers/Junior Inspectors/Junior Architects who were selected in the competitive examination conducted after 2003, have been revised based on the merit list issued by the TNPSC. As such, the grievance of the petitioners having been redressed and hence, no further orders are required to be passed in the present writ petitions.

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In view of the above, all the writ petitions stand closed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. 30.11.2023 5/5 Index:Yes/No Internet:Yes/No sra To

1. The Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu, Public Works Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

2. The Engineer-in-Chief (WRO) & Chief Engineer (General) Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai-5.

3. The Secretary, Tamilnadu Public Service Commission, Frazer Bridge Road, Chennai 600 003.

4. The Chief Architect, Public Works Department, Chepauk, Chennai-5.

5. The Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu, Handlooms, Handicrafts, Textiles and Khadi Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9. 8/10

6. The Director of Sericulture, Nethaji Nagar, Hasthampatti, Salem 636007.

7. The Secretary to Government of Tamilnadu, Highways Department, Secretariat, Chennai-9.

8. The Director General (Highways), Highways Department, Sardar Patel Road, HRS Campus, Guindy, Chennai-25.

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M.S.RAMESH,J.

(sra) W.P.Nos.4177, 10669, 10927, 15243 and 15740 of 2020 30.11.2023 10/10