C.Krishnaveni And 4 Others v. The Administrator General And Official Trustee Of Tamil Nadu
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 19-06-2026
CORAM
THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE S. M. SUBRAMANIAM A Nos. 3451, 3452 and 3454 OF 2023 in A No.1219, 1225 and 1224 of 2021
1. C.Krishnaveni W/o.Mr.R.Rameshkumar, No.11/166, East Moggappair, Chennai 600 037.
2. K.Vaijayanthi W/o.Mr.K.R.Ashok Aravind, Hari Homes, A3, I Floor, No.2, Anna Street, Gandhi Nagar, Saligramam, Chennai 600 093.
3. V.Jayanthi W/o.Late Kaliyamoorthi, No.55, 3rd Cross Street, Sivananda Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053.
4. K.D.Sasikala W/o.Suresh, F4, 3rd Floor, Arihant Galaxy, Tower 2, Todiarpet, Chennai 600 081.
5. E.Ramesh S/o.Ethiraj, No.1, Pulipone Bazaar, 3rd Lane, Triplicane, Chennai 5.
..Applicant(s) Vs ..Respondent(s) A No. 3452 of 2023
1. C.Krishnaveni and 4 others
W/o.Mr.R.Rameshkumar, No.11/166, East Moggappair, Chennai 600 037.
2. K.Vaijayanthi W/o.Mr.K.R.Ashok Aravind, Hari Homes, A3, I Floor, No.2, Anna Street, Gandhi Nagar, Saligramam, Chennai 600 093.
3. V.Jayanthi W/o.Late Kaliyamoorthi, No.55, 3rd Cross Street, Sivananda Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053.
4. K.D.Sasikala W/o.Suresh, F4, 3rd Floor, Arihant Galaxy, Tower 2, Todiarpet, Chennai 600 081.
5. E.Ramesh S/o.Ethiraj, No.1, Pulipone Bazaar, 3rd Lane, Triplicane, Chennai 5.
..Petitioner(s) Vs ..Respondent(s) A No. 3454 of 2023
1. C.Krishnaveni W/o.Mr.R.Rameshkumar, No.11/166, East Moggappair, Chennai 600 037.
2. K.Vaijayanthi W/o.Mr.K.R.Ashok Aravind, Hari Homes, A3, I Floor, No.2, Anna Street, Gandhi Nagar, Saligramam, Chennai 600 093.
3. V.Jayanthi W/o.Late Kaliyamoorthi, No.55, 3rd Cross Street, Sivananda Nagar, Ambattur, Chennai 600 053.
4. K.D.Sasikala W/o.Suresh, F4, 3rd Floor, Arihant Galaxy, Tower 2, Todiarpet, Chennai 600 081.
5. E.Ramesh S/o.Ethiraj, No.1, Pulipone Bazaar, 3rd Lane, Triplicane, Chennai 5.
..Petitioner(s) Vs ..Respondent(s) To order passed by this Honble Court in A.No.1219 of 2021 dated 30/04/2021 may be recalled by this Court and consequently restore the A.No.1219 of 2021 on the record of this Honble Court. A No. 3452 of 2023 To order passed by this Honble Court in A.No.1225 of 2021 dated 30/04/2021 may be recalled by this Court and consequently restore the A.No.1225 of 2021 on the record of this Honble Court. A No. 3454 of 2023 To order passed by this Honble Court in A.No.1224 of 2021 dated 30/04/2021 may be recalled by this Court and consequently restore the A.No.1224 of 2021 on the record of this Honble Court. For Applicant(s):
M/s.C.Vigneshwaran Ami V.Kataria-ms/2284/2010 P.Vasantha Kumar S.Sugunrajan T.Srivadivu For Respondent(s):
Ms.S.Sumathi A&GOT
Order The present applications have been filed to recall the order dated 30.04.2021 passed in A Nos.1219, 1225 and 1224 of 2021 and to restore the said applications.
2.
This Court passed an order on 30.04.2021 as follows :-
10. On perusal of the report submitted by the learned AG & OT, it is evident that the income received from the various Trust Estates administered by the learned AG & OT is grossly insufficient to pay salary on par with the Office Assistant or Junior Assistant in Government Service. It is evident that the salary or conveyance is payable to the Estate Clerks or Office Boys only from and out of the income generated or derived from the properties of the respective Trust Estates. References were also made by the learned AG & OT that the income derived from some of the trust properties are very low and therefore out of such meagre income, salary could not be paid to the Estate Clerks or Office Boys on par with the Office Assistant or Junior Assistants in Government Service.
In the report, certain instances were quoted to show that the salary payable to the Estate Clerks or Office Boys is over and above the income derived from the properties of the respective Trust Estates.
from and out of the income generated from the properties. On the contrary, the salary and other allowances payable to the employees employed by the AG & OT overshoots the income and therefore, it is just and necessary to recall the earlier order dated 20.12.1995 passed in Application Nos. 6621 and 6622 of 1995 in OP No. 109 of 1943.
11. As regards the fixation of enhanced consolidated pay to the Estate Clerks Mrs. S. Malini and Mrs. S. Jayanthimala as also in favour of Mr.R. Kulanchinathan, Office Boy upon their expressed willingness to forgo Pension, DCRG etc., on their retirement, this Court finds that the enhanced pay proposed by the learned AG & OT is just and reasonable.
3.
The learned Additional Government Official Trustee (AG&OT) submitted that the employees were initially engaged on a consolidated basis and that the directions of this Court fixing Government pay scales to these estate employees are not in consonance with the service conditions of the estate employees. These employees are not Government servants but are engaged to manage the estate vested with the AG&OT. This AG&OT is empowered to fix their salary considering the nature of work and work load involved. The fixation of Government salary to these employees result in causing financial loss to the estate and therefore, the order is liable to be recalled and the matter has to be reconsidered afresh.
4.
In view of the said submissions, this Court is inclined to reconsider
the issues involved since the Government pay scales are not directly applicable to the employees engaged by the AG&OT to maintain the estate vested with the AG&OT. Accordingly, the order passed by this court in Application Nos. 1219, 1225 and 1224 of 2021 is recalled and the said applications are restored and directed to be listed for fresh consideration on 03.07.2026. 19-06-2026 Index: Yes/No Speaking/Non-speaking order RKA To
S.M.SUBRAMANIAM J.
RKA A Nos. 3451, 3452 and 3454 OF 2023 19-06-2026