N.Lakshmanan, S/O.Nagaiah v. The Secretary, Govt Of Tamil
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 12.02.2015
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA W.P.Nos.16608 & 16609 of 2007 (O.A.Nos.2691 & 2692 of 2003) N.Lakshmanan
...Petitioner in W.P.No.16608 of 2007
K.Sangili
...Petitioner in W.P.No.16609 of 2007
-vs1. The Secretary Government of Tamil Nadu Public Works Department and Highways Department Fort St.George Chennai-9
2. The Chief Engineer Highways & Rural Works Chepauk Chennai-5
3. The Divisional Engineer (H & RW) Paramakudi Division Paramakudi Ramanathapuram District ...Respondents in both the WPs Petitions under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the third respondent in Se.Mu.Ka.Nos.301/02-293/B3 & 301/02-48/B3 dated 7.9.2002 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioners and to regularise the service of the petitioners in the post of Road Worker (Salai Paniyalar) with effect from 4.7.97 with all the attendant benefits as per the G.O.No.230 Highways (HM2) Department dated 1.10.99.
For Petitioners :
Mr.G.Saravanan For Respondents :
Mrs.M.E.Rani Selvam Additional Government Pleader
ORDER
The petitioners, Mr.M.Lakshmanan and Mr.K.Sangili, who were appointed as N.M.R's, were terminated from service after they rendered five years of service. Therefore, seeking for reinstatement and regularisation with all attendant benefits, they filed O.A.Nos.2691 & 2692 of 2003 before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal, which came on transfer to this Court subsequently and renumbered as the writ petitions.
2. When the writ petitions were taken up, Mrs.M.E.Rani Selvam, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents submitted that nothing survives in the writ petitions, since the petitioners, after their termination, were reappointed and were also given the benefit of regularisation.
3. Recording the above statement, these writ petitions are dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
Sd/- Assistant Registrar(LA) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar ss To
1. The Secretary to Government Public Works Department and Highways Department Fort St.George Chennai 600 009
2. The Chief Engineer Highways & Rural Works Chepauk, Chennai 600 005
3. The Divisional Engineer (H & RW) Paramakudi Division Paramakudi Ramanathapuram District 1 CC to the Government Pleader, SR.No. 7921 W.P.Nos.16608 & 16609 of 2007 (O.A.Nos.2691 & 2692 of 2003) VSN (CO) PSI (25.02.2015)