S.Thangaraj, (Aged 48 Years), v. The Union Of India,
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 24.07.2023
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI and WMP.Nos.34586 to 34591 and 35252 & 35253 of 2016
1. S.Thangaraj
2. G.Tennarasu
3. J.Saravanan
4. K.Madhu
5. A.Kuma
6. K.Arthanari
7. S.Rajendran
8. N.Perumal
9. N.Rathanavel 10.C.Appusamy 11.I.Ganesan 12.T.Prabagaran 13.T.Jayakumar 14.M.Boopathi 15.C.Murugesan 16.V.Pachamuthu 17.C.Chinnasamy 18.V.Vinodkumar 19.C.Ganeshan 20.M.Govindaraj 21.P.Mathesh 22.J.Sankar 23.R.Ramkumar 24.C.Thangamani 1/20
25.C.Sivakumar 26.K.Govindan 27.C.Govindan 28.P.Muthu 29.V.Saravanan 30.S.Murugesan 31.C.Annamalai 32.G.Murugan 33.P.Murugan 34.K.Alraj 35.C.Ramachanran 36.K.Kumar 37.N.Rajendran 38.R.Saravanan 39.M.Selvara 40.S.Srinivasan 41.A.Rathinavel 42.P.Anandan 43.R.Marimuthu 44.K.Vasanthakumar 45.R.Rangasamy 46.M.Govindaraj 47.P.Mathesh 48.A.C.Kaliappan 49.Kapalanisamy 50.V.Palanisamy West 51.C.Murugesan 52.S.Iyyanar 53.C.Chettu 54.R.Palanisamy 55.K.Karuppanan 56.V.Palanisam 57.K.Muniappan 58.N.Sivakumar 59.P.Venkatachalam 60.N.Gurunathan 2/20
61.N.Govindan 62.C.Nataraj 63.P.Kuppusamy 64.K.Raja 65.C.Muniyan 66.R.Nataraj 67.M.Raja 68.S.Sekar 69.A.Parameswaran 70.N.Selvaraj 71.G.Ayyanar 72.A.Veerapatharan 73.V.APalanisamy 74.R.Palanimurugan 75.P.Pachiappan 76.A.Anandan 77.K.Dhanbal 78.K.Duraiyan 79.R.K.Mani 80.K.Palanisamy 81.P.Dhanabal 82.A.Rajendran 83.C.Ravi 84.K.Ayyandurai 85.R.Arulmanigandan 86.P.Margandan 87.K.Dhanraj 88.E.Krishnan 89.M.Venkatesan 90.A.Selvam 91.C.Ramar 92.P.Mathappan 93.K.Paramasivam 94.P.Shanmugam 95.K.Selvam 96.A.Raji 3/20
97.K.A.Palanisamy 98.S.Sakthivel 99.K.Chinnasamy 100.C.Sivakuma 101.A.Angappan 102.P.Sivaperumal 103.C.Poremannan 104.M.Murugesan 105.S.Rajamanickam 106.M.Thangavel 107.S.Selvam 108.M.Sekar 109.C.Palanisamy 110.N.Arivalagan 111.V.Elumalai 112.P.Vaiyaburi 113.E.Kanthasamy 114.G.Krishnan 115.M.Sitheswaran 116.K.Venkatachalam 117.C.Mani 118.C.Marimuthu 119.N.Palanisamy 120.C.Babu 121.K.Paramasivam 122.A.Raja 123.K.Perumal 124.S.Raji 125.S.Ramesh 126.S.M.Venketesan 127.P.Raja 128.G.Srinivasan 129.R.Mathu 130.R.Sukumar 131.P.Balakrishnan 132.V.Balasanjivi 4/20
133.K.Anandan 134.V.Kumar 135.K.Kasimani 136.P.Sundaram 137.N.Paramasivam 138.N.Ramesh 139.B.Suganeswaran 140.C.Rajini 141.A.Murugesan 142.A.Krishnan 143.P.Seerangan 144.P.Govindaraj 145.R.Yobu 146.C.Velmurugan 147.P.Selvaraj 148.S.Kalaiyarasan 149.K.Saravanan 150.P.Anandan 151.R.Vadivel 152.S.Ashok 153.I.Kumar 154.S.Muthukumaran 155.D.Senthilkumar 156.P.Kumar 157.P.Suresh 158.C.Sakthivel 159.P.Aarumugam 160.N.Varadan 161.N.Vengatesan 162.S.Palaniappan 163.K.Muniappan 164.V.M.Raja 165.N.Sathish 166.N.Peragoundar 167.K.Govindaraj 168.M.Chinnaponni 5/20
169.A.Chandra 170.A.Mathammal 171.P.Rathinammal 172.R.Santhi 173.C.Alamelu 174.E.K.Chinnamal 175.T.Sivakani 176.K.Govindammal 177.G.Malar 178.A.Anandhi 179.M.Umadevi 180.K.Selladurai 181.M.Gandhi 182.P.Kumaresan 183.P.Raju 184.P.Singaravelu 185.C.Madhaiyan 186.C.Chakkaravarthy 187.R.Manojkumar All are working at Food Corporation of India, Food Storage Depot, Salem Panangadu, Sivadhapuram (Po), Salem-636 307.
...Petitioners in W.P.No.40589 of 2016
1. P.N.Durairaj
2. M.Murali
3. K.Varadharaman
4. N.Saravanan
5. T.Varadharaj
6. K.Murugan
7. R.Ramesh
8. S.Innasiraja
9. B.Sakthivel 10.P.Selvaraj 6/20
11.C.Pandian 12.R.Raj 13.K.Swaminathan 14.E.Sivanandam 15.R.Gunasekaran 16.V.Prakash 17.M.Gopi 18.K.Mani 19.M.Venkatesan 20.P.Moorthe 21.N.Mahalingam 22.P.Pattilingam 23.V.R.Durai 24.R.Nagarajan 25.N.Selvam 26.L.Murukesan 27.A.Chinasmay 28.K.P.Karthik 29.P.Raman 30.N.Lenin Kumar 31.P.Kathavarayan 32.C.Selvam 33.G.Selvaraj 34.P.Balan 35.N.Nanchappan 36.V.Murugan 37.K.Palanisamy 38.A.Veerasamy 39.A.Vaduganathan 40.P.Mohanan 41.R.Rangasamy 42.N.Bhadhiran 43.T.Laxmanan 44.K.Palanisamy 45.M.Gobal 46.R.Pattan 7/20
47.P.Arumugam 48.K.Bramman 49.R.Sathyaraj 50.P.Rajkumar 51.M.Jitheshkumar 52.M.A.Rangasamy 53.S.R.Nagraj 54.A.Selvam 55.N.Saminathan 56.R.Vijayakumar 57.T.Ayyappan 58.M.Balaraman 59.K.Rajendran 60.R.Shankar 61.C.C.Vinod 62.R.Rajiv 63.H.Shoukath Ali 64.G.Sambathkumar 65.K.Karuppsamy 66.I.Balasubramaniyan 67.R.Manikandan 68.M.M.Rasheed 69.M.Krishnankutty 70.M.H.Shajahan 71.G.Magesh 72.S.Udhayakumar 73.S.Jesuraj 74.R.Velusamy 75.P.Palanisamy 76.C.Velan 77.K.Arumugam 78.K.Nagaraj 79.A.Ranganathan 80.K.Krishnankutty 81.K.Ramankutty 82.N.Manikandan 8/20
83.P.M.Biju 84.P.Lakshmanan 85.A.Azhagarsamy 86.R.Bhaskaran 87.R.Nachimuthu 88.R.Anbhazhagan 89.V.Shankar 90.K.Arumugam 91.A.Subbaiya 92.K.B.Kondappan 93.C.Babu 94.C.K.Manoj 95.R.K.Pandi 96.K.Selvam 97.A.Selvaraj 98.L.Ramamoorthy 99.V.Pappan 100.K.Karuppasamy 101.P.Selvaraj 102.M.Manikandan 103.C.Mani 104.C.Kishorekumar 105.S.Manivannan 106.M.S.Ganeshmoorthy 107.P.Arumugam 108.A.Balasubramani 109.S.Vinodkumar 110.G.Rajaram 111.A.Sheik Mugamathu 112.M.Sampathkumar 113.R.Venkatesan 114.V.N.Padmanaban 115.P.Odiyappan 116.M.Subramnaian 117.K.Rajeswari 118.R.Zeenath 9/20
119.S.Yasodha 120.C.Karupi 121.M.Kathija 122.M.Thulashi 123.P.Palaniyammal 124.S.Selvi 125.K.Krishnaveni 126.R.Lakshmi 127.D.Kamatchi 128.M.Chyna 129.S.Kaliyammal 130.A.,Noorjahan 131.A.Mani 132.K.Banumathi 133.K.Amsaveni 134.R.Nagalakshmi 135.R.Gokila 136.A.Barathi 137.P.Gokul 138.S.Thuyavan 139.T.G.Venkatesh Prabhu All are working at Food Corporation of India, Food Storage Depot, Tatabdad Post, Coimbatore-641 012.
...Petitioners in W.P.No.40590 of 2016
1. S.Maruthamuthu
2. P.Kathavarayan
3. S.Paramasivam
4. T.Krishnamurthy
5. K.Kannappan
6. N.Krishnan
7. K.Rajendran
8. Arockiasamy
9. J.Jaiselva 10/20
10.T.K.Selvam 11.K.Selvaraj 12.S.Nagarajan 13.P.Kamaraj 14.K.Selvam 15.V.Venkadachalapathy 16.T.Amulraj 17.K.Bakkiaraj 18.M.Nagaraj 19.P.Selvaraj 20.K.Apparaj 21.V.Lakshmanan 22.E.Ramachandran 23.S.Sasindran 24.X.Magimaidass 25.T.Sivabalasubramanian 26.D.John Wisely 27.J.Jayaganesh 28.P.Pradeepraj 29.T.Sushila All are working at Food Corporation of India, Food Storage Depot, Vanarapet, Kalarai Road, Puducherry-605 001.
...Petitioners in W.P.No.40591 of 2016
1. P.Asokan
2. D.Harikrishnan
3. A. Mani
4. R.Selvam
5. M.Perumal
6. T.Muniralhinam
7. A.Kumar
8. G.Paramaselvam
9. C.Dayalan 10.S.Thamilarasan 11/20
11.D.Sampathkumar 12.S.Palani 13.P.Venugopal 14.M.Balasundaram 15.P.Jayakumar 16.G.Gajendran 17.V.Ramadass 18.V.Mari 19.V.Kumar 20.S.Chinnadurai 21.C.Nathamani 22.P.Sekar 23.C.Gopal 24.A.Velayutham 25.A.Kesavan 26.L.Ezhilarasan 27.K.Munuswamy 28.E.Kuppan 29.S.Ramesh 30.M.Kanniyappan 31.M.Subramani 32.M.Raja 33.N.Rajendran 34.C.K.Elumalai 35.V.Venkatesan 36.B.Saravanan 37.K.Kovindaiah 38.P.Sankar 39.P.Subramani 40.T.Rajendran 41.K.Baskar 42.M.Venkatesan 43.K.Kuppan 44.P.Avinnarasu 45.M.Kamaraj 46.A.Settu 12/20
47.V.Malandurai 48.G.Karunakaran 49.P.Chandrasekar 50.R.Mohanraj 51.J.Pushparaj 52.V.Kumaran 53.G.Sanjeevi 54.V.Jayaraj 55.M.Manavalan 56.M.Anandan 57.S.Murugesan 58.M.Selvam 59.K.Velu 60.M.Paranthaman 61.S.Anbu 62.K.Vijayakanth 63.P.Vimalathithan 64.K.Raja 65.S.Panneerselvam 66.Vajiravelu 67.S.Anbu 68.M.Palani 69.A.Jayaraman 70.S.Muthu 71.Udhayakumar 72.K.Desan 73.S.Arumugam 74.R.Sankar 75.P.Vinothraj 76.P.Perumal 77.M.Mohan 78.P.Mari 79.V.Jayaraman 80.D.Ravi 81.K.Kanniyappan 82.M.Arumugam 13/20
83.G.Arokiyanathan 84.G.Gnanaprakasam 85.D.Yesupatham 86.R.Mani 87.N.Dayalan 88.R.Sekar 89.P.Devendiran 90.J.Rasheeth 91.P.Elumalai 92.A.Saravanan 93.M.Vijay 94.S.Murali 95.K.S.Mani 96.C.Raja 97.A.Jayapal 98.M.Chandran 99.K.Natarajan 100.P.Rajendran 101.A.Madhavan 102.K.Raja 103.A.Praburaj 104.N.Xavier 105.A.Ganesan 106.K.Dilli 107.N.Sokalikan 108.M.Kumaresan 109.S.Murugesan 110.G.K.Oayalan 111.S.Jagadeesan 112.M.Selvam 113.B.Velu 114.B.Shanmugam 115.G.Padmanaban 116.K.Sardhar 117.K.Jayaraj 118.C.Pandiyan 14/20
119.S.Srinivasan 120.L.Jayaraj 121.A.Jayaraman 122.M.Eswaran 123.D.Raman 124.E.Muthu 125.G.Sureshkumar 126.E.Baskaran 127.D.Nataraj 128.S.Ramadas 129.E.John 130.R.Jayasankar 131.A.Ragukumar 132.D.Madhivanan 133.A.Ramesh 134.N.Sabasteen 135.S.Jayakumar 136.K.Mohan 137.A.Vijayaragavan 138.M.Sundar 139.E.Sagayam 140.G.Robertchellathal 141.S.Babu 142.L.Balraj 143.S.Ponnaiyan 144.J.Shanthi 145.K.Soundar 146.V.Jothi 147.R.Kalaiselvi 148.S.Baby 149.P.Valliammal 150.R.Muniammal 151.A.Mari 152.M.Malarvizhi 153.M.Kamalanathan 154.M.Ponnammal 15/20
155.K.Balammal 156.K.Kamsala 157.S.Amaravathi 158.R.Padma 159.E.Mohan 160.S.Dhanapal 161.K.Govindan 162.C.Anandan 163.E.Arumugam 164.P.Etti 165.K.Ponnuswamy 166.S.Vengatesan 167.K.Babu 168.E.Siva 169.N.Ravi 170.C.Samuel 171.J.Kollapuri 172.R.Gopi 173.S.Babu 174.A.Salamon 175.M.Rangan 176.A.Elango 177.N.Vinoth All are working at Food Corporation of India, Food Storage Depot, Vellore, Arokonam.
...Petitioners in W.P.No.41288 of 2016
-Vs.- 1.
The Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Labour Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.
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2.
The Food Corporation of India, Rep. by its Chairman cum Managing Director, 16-20, Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi-110 001.
3.
The Food Corporation of India, Haddows Road, Chennai-600 034. ...Respondents in all W.P's. [Suo-motu impleaded vide order dated 28.11.2016 made in W.P.Nos. 40589 to 40591 & 41288 of 2016.] Prayer in W.P.No.40589 of 2016: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent No.2 to provide equal pay for equal work to the petitioners 1 to 187 employed for loading and unloading in its food storage depots along with equal medical and pecuniary benefits as the department labourers of the 2nd respondent employed in the same work and to provide wages to the petitioners 1 to 187 while they are sent on deputation, on all days they are relieved and spend on travel to and from the depots to which they are sent and to mark their attendance on all days in their home depot when they report to work.
Prayer in W.P.No.40590 of 2016: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent No.2 to provide equal pay for equal work to the petitioners 1 to 139 employed for loading and unloading in its food storage depots along with equal medical and pecuniary benefits as the department labourers of the 2nd respondent employed in the same work and to provide wages to the petitioners 1 to 139 while they are sent on deputation, on all days they are relieved and spend on travel to and from the depots to which they are sent and to mark their attendance on all days in their home depot when they report to work.
Prayer in W.P.No.40591 of 2016: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent No.2 to provide equal pay for equal work to the petitioners 1 to 29 employed for loading and unloading in its food storage depots along with 17/20
equal medical and pecuniary benefits as the department labourers of the 2nd respondent employed in the same work and to provide wages to the petitioners 1 to 29 while they are sent on deputation on all days they are relieved and spend on travel to and from the depots to which they are sent and to mark their attendance on all days in their home depot when they report to work.
Prayer in W.P.No.41288 of 2016: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent No.2 to provide equal pay for equal work to the petitioners 1 to 177 employed as DPS workers for loading and unloading in its food storage depots along with equal medical, House Rent Allowance and pecuniary benefits as the department labourers of the 2nd respondent employed in the same work and not to transfer the petitioners aforesaid to other depots till such equal pay and perquisites as departmental labour is provided to them. In all W.P's:
For Petitioners : Ms.Mythili Srinivas For Respondents : Mr.K.S.Jeyaganeshan, for R1 : Mr.S.Vijayakumar, Senior Counsel, for Mr.G.Bharadwaj, for R2 & R3 COMMON ORDER When the matters were taken up for hearing, learned counsel for the Petitioners sought permission of this Court to withdraw these Writ Petitions. An Endorsement to the said effect is also made by the learned counsel for the petitioners in the Petition today.
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2. In view of the above, these Writ Petitions stand dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous petitions are closed.
24.07.2023 skt Index : Yes/No Speaking order : Yes/No NCC : Yes/No To:
1.
The Union of India, Rep. by its Secretary, Ministry of Labour Shram Shakti Bhavan, New Delhi-110 001.
2.
The Food Corporation of India, Rep. by its Chairman cum Managing Director, 16-20, Barakhamba Lane, New Delhi-110 001.
3.
The Food Corporation of India, Haddows Road, Chennai-600 034.
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M.DHANDAPANI., J.
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