K.Murugesan v. The Secretary To Government
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED :12.01.2026
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE Ms. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA W.P.No.16347 of 2025 K.Murugesan ... Petitioner Vs.
1. The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai - 600 009
2. The District Collector, District Collector Complex, Salem - 636 001
3. The Director General of Police, Director General of Police Office, Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004
4. The Inspector General of Police, Inspector General of Police Office, Race Course Road, Thomas Park Race Course, Covai- 641 018
5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police Office, 3/34, Subramaniapuram Extension, Subramaniapuram,
Salem 636 007
6. The Superintendendent of Police, District Police Office, Nethimedu, Salem - 636 007
7. K.Murugesan,
8. A.Sivasankar
9. Uthayakumar 10.Iyyappan 11.Periyasami 12.Ramaraj 13.Pirabakaran 14.K.Durai 16.Venkataraman 17.Kannan 18.Chinnusamy 19.Lakshmi 20.Seenu (a) Seenivasan 21.Vennila 22.Seetha 23.Selvam 24.Chandiran 25.Selvi (a) Tamil Selvi 26.Krishnan 27.Palanivel 28.Revathi ... Respondent PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to direct the Respondents 1 & 6 to take an appropriate departmental disciplinary action against the 7th to 13th Respondents under the Tamil Nady Police Subordinate Services (Disciplines and Appeal) Rules 1955 and direct the 2nd respondent to take and appropriate departmental disciplinary action against 14th and 15th Respondent under the Tamil Nadu
Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1955 based on my Representation dated 25.05.2024 & 30.01.2025 and conducting the proceedings by affording of personal hearings of the parties within a time stipulated time framed by this Court.
For Petitioner :
Mr.K.Nagarajan For Respondents 1 and 2 :
Mr.S.Rajesh, Government Advocate For Respondents 3 to 6 :
L.Baskaran, Government Advocate (Criminal Side)
ORDER
This writ petition has been filed seeking a direction to the respondents 1 and 6 to take appropriate departmental disciplinary action against the respondents 7 to 13 under the Tamil Nadu Police Subordinate Services (Disciplines and Appeal) Rules 1955 and to direct the 2nd respondent to take appropriate departmental disciplinary action against the respondents 14 and 15 under the Tamil Nadu Civil Services (Discipline and Appeal) Rules 1955 based on the petitioner's representation dated 25.05.2024 and 30.01.2025 and conduct the proceedings by affording a personal hearing to the parties within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.
2. The main grievance of the petitioner is that the respondents 16 to 26, along with their henchmen, are attempting to illegally grab his property and that despite several complaints filed against them, the respondents 7 to 15, with the intention of obtaining illegal gratification, colluded with the respondents 16 to 26 and did not initiate any action on the complaints filed by the petitioner in accordance with Law, thereby enabling the respondents 16 to 26 to escape from punishment. In this regard, the petitioner gave representations to the respondents 1 to 6 on 25.05.2024 and 30.01.2025 requesting them to take appropriate departmental disciplinary action against the said erring officials. However, no action has been taken to date. Hence, the petitioner is before this Court.
3. Heard the learned counsels on either side and perused the materials available on record.
4. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, a mandamus is issued to the respondents 1, 2 and 6 to consider the petitioner's representations dated 25.05.2024 and 30.01.2025, after issuing notice to the
petitioner as well as the interested parties, affording them an opportunity of personal hearing and to pass orders thereon on merits and in accordance with law within a period of four months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
5. Accordingly, this writ petition is allowed. No costs. 12.01.2026 (srn) Index: Yes/No Speaking Order: Yes/No To
1. The Secretary to Government, Home Department, Secretariat, Fort St George, Chennai - 600 009
2. The District Collector, District Collector Complex, Salem - 636 001
3. The Director General of Police, Director General of Police Office, Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Mylapore, Chennai - 600 004
4. The Inspector General of Police, Inspector General of Police Office, Race Course Road, Thomas Park Race Course, Covai- 641 018
5. The Deputy Inspector General of Police, Deputy Inspector General of Police Office, 3/34, Subramaniapuram Extension, Subramaniapuram, Salem 636 007
6. The Superintendent of Police, District Police Office, Nethimedu, Salem - 636 007
P.T. ASHA . J., (srn) W.P.No.16347 of 2025 12.01.2026