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Madras High CourtWP/12664/2013closed

A.Satheesh Kannan, v. The Principal Secretary To

2018-07-05Honourable Mr Justice S.M. Subramaniam4 pages

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

Dated : 05.07.2018 Coram:

The Honourable Mr.Justice S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.No.12664 of 2013 and M.P.No.2 of 2013 1.A.Satheesh Kannan 2.S.Muralikrishnan 3.P.Muthukumar 4.K.Loganathan 5.S.Mythili 6.K.V.Navaneetham 7.D.Balamurugan 8.M.Dharmarajan 9.L.Pachiappan 10.S.Vellathurai 11.D.Rajesh 12.T.M.Sarawathi 13.K.Kavitha 14.R.Vasukumar 15.B.Srinivasan 16.G.Parvathinathan 17.S.Senthilkumar 18.A.Saravanan 19.K.Deepa 20.V.Thimurugan 21.V.Srinivasan 22.K.Karthikeyan 23.D.Elavarasan 24.N.Murugan 25.R.Suresh Babu 26.T.Ashokkumar 27.S.Vetrivel 28.P.Kavitha 29.P.Priya 30.T.Latha 31.P.Sundari 32.M.Bharathi 33.P.Baskaran 34.K.Jayakumar 35.J.Ezhilarasi

...Petitioners

Versus

1. The Principal Secretary to Government, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Secretariat,Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. Mr.A.Suga

3. M.Bagyalakshmi

4. S.Kamalakannan

5. K.Selvarani

6. V.Balakrishnan

7. K.Rajamanickam

8. S.M.Annadurai

9. A.Rama 10.G.Karthikeyan 11.R.Karpagavalli 12.K.Sivakumar 13.T.M.Kalpana 14.L.Lyonisus Jaya Suji 15.D.Mahalakshmi 16.R.Venkatesan 17.S.Srinivas 18.T.Shanmugasundaram 19.C.Umamaheswari 20.R.Lakshmanan 21.V.Vaithiyanathan 22.R.Mahalakshmi 23.R.Kumuthalakshmi 24.R.Sivakumar 25.S.Banumathi 26.S.S.Kumaravel 27.O.Karthikeyan 28.S.Prabha

...Respondents

(R2 to R28 are impleaded as per order dated 05.07.2018 in M.P.No.3 of 2013 in W.P.No.12664 of 2013) Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the Respondent in G.O.(4D) No.18, P & AR (H) Department, dated 27.03.2013 passed by the respondent and quash the same and consequentially direct the respondent to promote the 1st and 5th petitioners as Section Officers in the Secretariat as per G.O.(4D) No.13, P & AR(H) Department, dated 11.04.2012 and further direct the respondent to consider the 6th

to 35th petitioners for promotion in the existing vacancies of Section Officer for the year 2012-2013.

For Petitioner :

Mr.J.Pradeep For Respondent - 1 :

Mr.M.Elumalai, Government Advocate Respondents - 2 to 28 :

Mr.A.Jenasenan

ORDER

The relief sought for in the present Writ Petition is to call for the records in respect of the order passed by the first respondent in G.O.(4D) No.18, P & AR (H) Department, dated 27.03.2013 and quash the same and consequentially direct the respondent to promote the 1st and 5th petitioners as Section Officers in the Secretariat as per G.O.(4D) No.13, P & AR(H) Department, dated 11.04.2012 and further direct the first respondent to consider the 6th to 35th petitioners for promotion in the existing vacancies of Section Officer for the year 20122013.

2. Mr.M.Elumalai, the learned Government Advocate appearing on behalf of the first respondent made a submission that the grievance of the writ petitioners is already redressed and they were appointed under regular panel of Assistant Section Officers fit for appointment as Section Officers for the year 2014 - 2015 and the writ petitioners were already promoted to the post of Section Officers. In this regard, G.O.(4D)No.27 Personnel and Administrative Reforms (H1) Department dated 30.06.2016 and G.O. (4D)No.28 Personnel and Administrative Reforms (H1) Department dated 30.06.2016 were issued. In view of the fact that the grievance of the writ petitioners are redresssed, no further adjudication is needed to be entertained. It is also informed that the impleaded respondents in implead petition viz., M.P.No.3 of 2013 in W.P.No.12664 of 2013 were also promoted to the post of Section Officers. Thus, the grievance of all the aggrieved persons are settled and no further consideration is required in this matter.

3. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is closed. No costs.

Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-CO) //True copy// Sub Assistant Registrar mrr/vsg 1 To The Principal Secretary to Government, Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

+1cc to Mr.A. Jenasenan, Advocate SR.No.43780 +1cc to Government Pleader SR.No.44096 W.P.No.12664 of 2013 GMY(06/09/2018)