P.Babu v. Principal Controlelr Of Accoutns (Pension)
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 28.11.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH 1.
P.Babu 2.
S.Hari Krishnan 3.
S.Ali Akbar 4.
N.Sri Mani 5.
Krishnan Rajaiah 6.
Karnan 7.
Kodiswaran 8.
R.Nandha Kumar 9.
R.Venkatesh Kumar 10.
V.Venkatesan 11.
T.Sekar 12.
A.Venashkumar 13.
Euginevictor R 14.
A.Melkuse 1/9
15.
S.Sudhakar 16.
Deva Doss R 17.
John Peter Savarimuthu 18.
M.Vigneshwaramurthy 19.
Thirumurugan A 20.
P.Balamurugan 21.
Sivakumar A 22.
Rajesh L 23.
Ramakrishnan M 24.
Krishnavel P 25.
Manimaran R 26.
Sivakumar S 27.
Pandian S.M.
28.
Selvam V 29.
Umayavel V 30.
Vijayakumar 31.
Mathivanan A 32.
P.Kumaravel 33.
V.Srinivasan 2/9
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Bharath 35.
S.Kumar 36.
Sanjai Gandhi M 37.
Jothi 38.
P.Parthiban 39.
Venkatesan S 40.
Ramesh N 41.
Kalippan 42.
R.Subramanyam 43.
Kumar 44.
Thamilselvan P 45.
M.Devaraj 46.
Murugan 47.
Thanislass S 48.
Ananth 49.
Rajesh R 50.
Subramanian K 51.
Siva .T 3/9
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Ayyappan A 53.
Shivaji K 54.
Ram Kumar 55.
Perumal K 56.
Jothi Sagaya Arokiaraj Susai 57.
B.Vetrivelan 58.
Thirupathi 59.
Jayakumar R 60.
Jayakumar V 61.
R.Shivanantham 62.
Natesan 63.
Munichoodan M 64.
Kuppan Kannan 65.
Rajamani G 66.
Anbalagan .A 67.
Govindaraju .K 68.
Marimuthu .A 69.
A.Venkatesan 70.
Sakthi Vel .I 4/9
71.
V.Srinivasan 72.
Raja P 73.
Thangavel Pachamuthu Goundar 74.
Arockia Edmond Raja 75.
Aravindhan Subramaniyan 76.
V.Sambath Kumar ...petitioners Vs 1.
The Principal Controller of Accounts (Pension) Draupadi Ghat Near Sadar Bazar Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211 001.
2.
The Chairman State Bank of India State Bank Bhavan 16th Floor Madam Cama Road, Mumbai - 400 021.
3.
The Chief General Manager State Bank of India Local Head Office 10, 10 College Road Thousand Lights West, Thousand Lights, Chennai-600 006.
4.
The Assistant General Manager State Bank of India Centralised Pension Processing Centre 112/4 Kalliamman Koil Street Virugambakkam, Chennai-600 092.
...Respondents
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Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents herein to pay Dearness Allowance on Pension.
For petitioners :
Mr.K.Rathinavel For Respondents :
Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Assistant Solicitor General for R1 Mr.K.Chandrasekaran for R2 to R4
O R D E R
With the consent of both the parties, this Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself.
2. The petitioners herein has given a representation to the respondents on 25.08.2023, seeking to Pay Dearness Allowance to them. Since the said representation has not been considered till date, the present Writ Petition has been filed.
3. It is needless to point out that whenever a representation of this nature is made to a Statutory Authority, there is a duty cast upon them to consider the same on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in one way or other, instead of keeping the same pending indefinitely. As such, 6/9
non-consideration of the representation by the Statutory Authority would amount to dereliction of duty and hence, this Court will be justified in invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 226 of Constitution of India and direct them to consider the same within a stipulated time.
4. In the light of the above observations, there shall be a direction to the respondents herein, to consider the petitioners' representation dated 25.08.2023, on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, as expeditiously as possible, preferably, within a period of three months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. It is made clear that this Court has not expressed any of its views with regard to the merits of the claim of the petitioners and that it is open to the concerned respondent to consider the same on its own merits.
5. With the above direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs.
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To 1.
The Principal Controller of Accounts (Pension) Draupadi Ghat Near Sadar Bazar Prayagraj, Uttar Pradesh 211 001.
2.
The Chairman State Bank of India State Bank Bhavan 16th Floor Madam Cama Road, Mumbai - 400 021.
3.
The Chief General Manager State Bank of India Local Head Office 10, 10 College Road Thousand Lights West, Thousand Lights Chennai-600 006.
4.
The Assistant General Manager State Bank of India Centralised Pension Processing Centre 112/4 Kalliamman Koil Street Virugambakkam, Chennai-600 092.
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M.S.RAMESH,J.
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