M.N.Viswanath Jayan, v. S.Charles Sam Rajadurai,

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 03.08.2017

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE HULUVADI G.RAMESH AND THE HONOURABLE DR.JUSTICE G.JAYACHANDRAN W.A.Nos.1092 & 1103 of 2016 W.A.No.1092 of 2016

1. M.N.Viswanath Jayan

2. T.Saravanan

3. S.Seenivasan

4. S.Krishnan

5. D.Kandasamy ..

Appellants/Respondents 126 to 130 -vs001. S.Charles Sam Rajadurai

002. P.Jawahar

003. R.Vincent

004. M.Justin Prabakaran

005. K.R.Jaisingh

006. S.Sampath Kumar

007. Pon Duraipandian

008. K.Sasikumar

009. K.Murugesan

010. C.Umapathy

011. S.Saravana Devendran

012. R.Senthil

013. A.Peer Basha

014. D.Selvakan David

015. S.Saravana Prabhu

016. P.Pandithurai

017. G.Rameshkumar

018. V.V.Sivakumar

019. R.Nithiskumar

020. R.Ramesh Kannan

021. S.Gnanaprakasam

022. A.Murugan

023. P.Anand

024. K.Manikandan

025. S.Balasundaram ... Respondents 1 to 25/Petitioners

026. State of Tamil Nadu rep by Principal Secretary to Government Home Department, Secretariat Chennai-600 009

027. The Director General of Police Office of the DGP of Police Chennai-600 004

028. P.Stephan

029. V.Seetharaman

030. E.Mcclarine Eskhol

031. C.Augustine Paul Sudhakar

032. K.Sundararaj

033. A.Yakkoob

034. S.Unnikrishnan

035. S.Ramakrishnan

036. S.Namasivayam

037. R.Kumaresan

038. G.A.Kannan

039. V.Visweswarayya

040. K.Saravanan

041. P.Jayakumar

042. G.Chandiradhasan

043. M.Somasundaram

044. A.Philip Franklin Kennedy

045. R.Venugopal

046. T.Gopal

047. S.Baskaran

048. T.Mathialagan

049. V.Anil Kumar

050. R.Soundara Rajan

051. R.Chandra Sekharan

052. V.V.Thirumal

053. S.Justin Raj

054. N.Suriyamoorthy

055. S.Shanmugaiah

056. M.Prakash Babu

057. S.Panbalan

058. G.Balamurugan

059. K.Ramachandran

060. R.Srinivasalu

061. M.Annadurai

062. S.Prabhakaran

063. K.Balamurugan

064. M.Vivekanandan

065. S.Balakumar

066. S.Murugavel

067. N.Kottieswaran

068. R.Ravindran

069. S.Sathiyamoorthy

070. R.Alagesan

071. P.Karuppiah

072. B.Sridhar

073. K.Yuvaraj

074. N.Balasubramanian

075. R.Raj Babu

076. C.Velumani

077. N.Ravichandran

078. A.Rajendran

079. G.Hector Dharmaraj

080. R.Sankar

081. G.Palaniselvam

082. G.Velmurugan

083. T.Prabhaharan

084. C.Natesan

085. N.K.Selvaraj

086. S.Muthuvelpandi

087. P.Chandrasekaran

088. D.Kumar

089. I.Subbiah

090. N.Sugumar

091. M.Vetry Chezhian

092. R.Arnold Easter

093. M.Kumaraguruparan

094. K.Radhakrishnan

095. G.Krishnamoorthy

096. G.Harikumar

097. A.J.Ravikumaran

098. R.Ponnarasu

099. N.Arumugam

100. P.Kalaiselvan

101. P.K.Prakash

102. P.Gopalachandran

103. K.Sankar

104. S.Ramesh Babu

105. A.Antony Ari

106. K.Kanagaraj Joseph

107. R.Muthamilselvan

108. D.Suresh

109. S.Soundararajan

110. M.Sivanupandian

111. M.Muthukumar

112. A.Manikandan

113. K.Asokan

114. G.Mathialagan

115. H.Krishnamurthy

116. S.J.John Kennady

117. A.V.Elamurugan

118. R.Mathialagan

119. B.Mathew David

120. M.Chellamuthu

121. P.Kumaran

122. M.Jeevanandam

123. G.Pugazhvendhan

124. G.Pravinkumar

125. A.Sivarajan

126. A.T.Jaikumar

127. M.Balasubramanian

128. K.Suthakar

129. A.Aularasu Justin

130. M.Venkatasan

131. K.Ramamoorthi

132. M.Gunasekaran

133. M.Loganathan

134. M.Arivazhagan

135. A.T.Ramachandran

136. C.V.Vijayakumar

137. Sridharan

138. V.E.Senthil

139. N.Karunakaran

140. S.Murugan

141. R.Ramesh

142. V.S.G.Suresh

143. M.T.Irudhayaraj

144. K.Annadurai

145. K.Nilavazhagan

146. M.Vijayakumar

147. R.Chinnaraj

148. G.Annbadurai

149. K.Sridharan

150. K.Thangavel ..

Respondents 26 to 150/ Respondents 1 to 125 Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, against the order dated 18.08.2016 made in W.M.P.No.12426 of 2016 in W.P.No.14207 of 2016.

For Appellants ::

Mr.K.M.Vijayan Senior Counsel for Mr.E.Vijay Anand For Respondents::

Mr.D.Selvam for Ms.Lesi Saravanan for RR2,9,11,13 & 15 to 17 Mr.S.Prabakaran for Ms.S.Nishanthi for RR18,20,21,24&25 Mr.K.Venkataramani Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayanan Special Government Pleader for RR 26 & 27 W.A.No.1103 of 2016:

01. H.Krishnamurthy

02. S.J.John Kennedy

03. A.V.Elamurugan

04. R.Mathialagan

05. B.Mathew David

06. M.Chellamuthu

07. P.Kumaran

08. M.Jeevanandam

09. G.Pugazhvendhan

10. G.Pravinkumar

11. A.Sivarajan

12. A.T.Jaikumar

13. M.Balasubramanian

14. K.Suthakar

15. A.Arularasu Justin

16. M.Venkatesan

17. K.Ramamoorthi

18. M.Gunasekaran

19. M.Loganathan

20. M.Arivazhagan

21. A.T.Ramachandran

22. C.V.Vijayakumar

23. Sridharan

24. V.E.Senthil

25. N.Karunakaran

26. S.Murugan

27. R.Ramesh

28. V.S.G.Suresh

29. M.T.Irudhayaraj

30. K.Annadurai

31. K.Nilavazhagan

32. M.Vijayakumar

33. R.Chinnaraj

34. G.Annadurai

35. K.Sridharan

36. K.Thangavel ..

Appellants/Respondents -vs001. S.Charles Sam Rajadurai

002. P.Jawahar

003. R.Vincent

004. M.Justin Prabakaran

005. K.R.Jaisingh

006. S.Sampath Kumar

007. Pon Duraipandian

008. K.Sasikumar

009. K.Murugesan

010. C.Umapathy

011. S.Saravana Devendran

012. R.Senthil

013. A.Peer Basha

014. D.Selvakan David

015. S.Saravana Prabhu

016. P.Pandithurai

017. G.Rameshkumar

018. V.V.Sivakumar

019. R.Nithikumar

020. R.Ramesh Kannan

021. S.Gnanaprakasam

022. A.Murugan

023. P.Anand

024. K.Manikandan

025. S.Balasundaram ... Respondents/Petitioners

026. State of Tamil Nadu rep by Principal Secretary to Government Home Department, Secretariat Chennai-600 009

027. The Director General of Police Office of the DGP of Police Chennai-600 004

028. P.Stephan

029. V.Seetharaman

030. E.Mcclarine Eskhol

031. G.Augustine Paul Sudhakar

032. K.Sundararaj

033. A.Yakkoob

034. S.Unnikrishnan

035. S.Ramakrishnan

036. S.Namasivayam

037. R.Kumaresan

038. G.A.Kannan

039. V.Visweswarayya

040. K.Saravanan

041. P.Jayakumar

042. G.Chandiradhasan

043. M.Somasundaram

044. A.Philip Franklin Kennedy

045. R.Venugopal

046. T.Gopal

047. S.Baskaran

048. T.Mathialagan

049. V.Anil Kumar

050. R.Soundara Rajan

051. R.Chandra Sekharan

052. V.V.Thirumal

053. S.Justin Raj

054. N.Suriyamoorthy

055. S.Shanmugaiah

056. M.Prakash Babu

057. S.Panbalan

058. G.Balamurugan

059. K.Ramachandran

060. R.Srinivasalu

061. M.Annadurai

062. S.Prabhakaran

063. K.Balamurugan

064. M.Vivekanandan

065. S.Balakumar

066. S.Murugavel

067. N.Kottieswaran

068. R.Ravindran

069. S.Sathiyamoorthy

070. R.Alagesan

071. P.Karuppiah

072. B.Sridhar

073. K.Yuvaraj

074. N.Balasubramanian

075. R.Raj Babu

076. C.Velumani

077. N.Ravichandran

078. A.Rajendran

079. G.Hector Dharmaraj

080. R.Sankar

081. G.Palaniselvam

082. G.Velmurugan

083. T.Prabhaharan

084. C.Natesan

085. N.K.Selvaraj

086. S.Muthuvelpandi

087. P.Chandrasekaran

088. D.Kumar

089. I.Subbiah

090. N.Sugumar

091. M.Vetry Chezhian

092. R.Arnold Easter

093. M.Kumaraguruparan

094. K.Radhakrishnan

095. G.Krishnamoorthy

096. G.Harikumar

097. A.J.Ravikumaran

098. R.Ponnarasu

099. N.Arumugam

100. P.Kalaiselvan

101. P.K.Prakash

102. P.Gopalachandran

103. K.Sankar

104. S.Ramesh Babu

105. A.Antony Ari

106. K.Kanagaraj Joseph

107. R.Muthamilselvan

108. D.Suresh

109. S.Soundararajan

110. M.Sivanupandian

111. M.Muthukumar

112. A.Manikandan

113. K.Asokan

114. G.Mathialagan

115. M.N.Viswanath Jayan

116. T.Saravanan

117. S.Seenivasan

118. S.Krishnan

119. D.Kandasamy (Respondents 28 to 119 are given up)..

Respondents /Respondents

Appeal under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent, against the order dated 18.08.2016 made in W.M.P.No.12426 of 2016 in W.P.No.14207 of 2016.

WMP.12426/2016: grant an interim order directing the respondents to create supernumerary posts for temporarily promoting the petitioners and promote them as Deputy Superintendent of Police, (respectively pending WP.14207/2016).

WP.14207/2016:Writ Petitions Under article 226 of the Constitutions of India praying that in there Circumstances stated therein and in the respective affidavits filed therewith the High court will be pleased to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records pertaining to the impugned proceedings in Home (Police-2) Department Police Note No.1 dt.13.01.2016 issued by the 1st respondent and consequential proceedings in R.C.No.00878/ NGB.I(1)/2016 dated 01.02.2016 issued by the 2nd respondent and quash the same in respect of the respondents 3 to 89 who are in Serial Number 22 to 108 in impugned Proceedings in Home (Police-2) Department Police Note No.1 dt.13.01.2016 issued by the 1st respondent and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to promote the petitioners temporarily from Inspectors to Deputy Superintendent of Police as recommended by the 2nd respondent in R.C.No.109372/ NGB.I(1)/05 dated 23.02.2006 For Appellants ::

Mr.P.Wilson Senior Counsel for Mr.G.Sankaran For Respondents ::

Mr.Abrar Mohammed Abdullah for RR 1 to 25 Mr.K.Venkataramani Additional Advocate General assisted by Mr.V.Jayaprakash Narayanan Special Government Pleader for RR 26 & 27 RR 28 to 119-given up

JUDGMENT

(Judgment of the Court was made by HULUVADI G.RAMESH, J.) Heard the respective learned counsel for the parties for some time.

2. The writ appeals are directed against the interim order of the learned single Judge. While admitting the writ appeals on 9.9.2016, this Court had granted an order of interim stay of the impugned order. It appears that although a petition, styled as "to vacate interim stay", was filed by the respondents 1 to 25 in W.A.No.1092 of 2016 on 22.9.2016 before this Court, however, they have only prayed for an interim order directing the

respondents to create supernumerary posts for temporarily promoting the petitioners and promote them as Deputy Superintendent of Police, pending disposal of the main writ petition.

3. Be that as it may. Considering the fact that the dispute relates to fixation of inter se seniority and promotion and also considering the fact that the matter is pending adjudication before the learned single Judge, we feel that the matter shall be heard and disposed of on merits by the learned single Judge. Accordingly, we request the learned single Judge to dispose of the matter on merits within a period of 15 days after hearing the parties and all the contentions are left open to be urged by the parties before the learned single Judge. Registry is directed to place the matter before the learned single Judge on 10.8.2017. The parties are directed to maintain status quo till the matter is decided by the learned single Judge. With this observation, the writ appeals are disposed of accordingly. Consequently, C.M.P.Nos.14140, 14287 of 2016 and 3527 of 2017 are closed. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CCC) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ss To

1. The Principal Secretary to Government Home Department Fort St.George Chennai-600 009

2. The Director General of Police Radhakrishnan Salai Chennai-600 004 +1cc to Mr.Lesi Saravanan, Advocate SR.No.55611 +1cc to Mr.E.Vijay Anand, Advocate SR.No.55504 W.A.Nos.1092 & 1103 of 2016 SKS(CO) GN(16/08/2017)