P.Babu v. The Assistant General Manager
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 06.06.2023
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE M.S. RAMESH 1.P.Babu 2.S.Hari Krishnan 3.S.Irudhaya Dhas 4.Sakthi Siva Kumar A.P.
5.Mathivanan A.
6.S.Ali Akbar 7.N.Sri Mani 8.Krishnan Rajaiah 9.Karnan 10.Kodiswaran S.
11.R.Nandha Kumar 12.R.Venkatesh Kumar 13.V.Venkatesan 14.T.Sekar 15.A.Venash Kumar 16.Eugine Victor 17.A.Melkuse 18.Raju Murugan 19.Saravana Kumar K.
20.S.Sudhakar 21.R.Rajesh 22.Steephen 23.T.Selva Kumar 24.Selvaraj C.
25.Nagarajan C.
26.Bensam N.
27.A.Jerome Christu Raj 1/8
28.Deva Doss R.
29.Stephen T.
30.Edwin Paul Valsalam 31.C.Murugan 32.M.Maha Muni 33.Raja S.
34.S.Krishna Kumar 35.Ramesh P.
36.Vijaya Kumar G.
37.Rajaiyan Kumaran 38.P.Kumaravel 39.V.Srinivasan 40.Siva Kumar V.
41.Albert Chellathurai 42.Sel Victor S.
43.Vijayakumar Thangavel 44.Johnson Alpert Raj V.
45.S.Raji 46.S.Sinehavinu 47.Krishna Das N.
48.Ramachandran Thomson 49.Suresh T.
50.J.Selva Dhas 51.John Sathia Kumar P.
52.Bright Sam T.
53.T.Rajendran 54.Bharath 55.Vijaya Kumar 56.Anbalagan 57.Govindaraju 58.A.Venkatesan 59.Umayavel V.
60.S.Kumar 61.John Peter Savarimuthu 62.Thangavel Pachamuthu Goundar 63.Arockia Edmond Raja 64.M.Vigneshwaramurthy 2/8
65.Sanjai Gandhi 66.Ram Kumar 67.Jothi 68.Aravindhan Subramaniyan 69.V.Sambath Kumar 70.P.Parthiban 71.Venkatesan S.
72.Marimuthu A.
73.Sakthi Vel I.
74.Ramesh N.
75.Kalippan 76.R.Subramanyam 77.Kumar 78.Thirumurugan A.
79.P.Balamurugan 80.V.Srinivasan 81.Thamilselvan P.
82.M.Devaraj 83.Murugan 84.Sivakumar 85.Perumal K.
86.Jothi Sagaya Arokiaraj Susai 87.Rajesh L.
88.B.Vetrivelan 89.Ramakrishnan M.
90.Thirupathi 91.Thanislass S.
92.Ananth Y.
93.Rajesh R.
94.Jayakumar R.
95.Jayakumar V.
96.R.Shivanantham 97.Natesan M.
98.Munichoodan M.
99.Kuppan Kannan 100.Rajamani G.
101.Kumarasan 3/8
102.Vairamuthu S.
103.Balakrishnan T.
104.Pandian S.M.
105.Selvam V.
106.Sasikumar S.
107.Mariya Hentry Velan 108.Soundara Pandiyan S.
109.Kumar R.
110.Jayakumar V.
111.S.Sriramkisan 112.Raja P.
113.Mickel Raj 114.Bommaya Samy R.
115.Krishnavel P.
116.Manimaran R.
117.Sivakumar S.
118.Subramanian K.
119.Siva T.
120.Mani Kandan V.
121.Ayyappan A.
122.Shivaji K.
... Petitioners Vs The Assistant General Manager, State Bank of India, Centralized Pension Processing Centre, Virugambakkam, Chennai 600 092.
... Respondent PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent herein to give arrears of Dearness Allowance on Pension and to pay Dearness Allowance on pension.
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For Petitioners : Mr.K.Rathinavel for Mr.S.Sridharan For Respondent : Mr.P.Ragavan for Mr.K.Chandrasekaran
ORDER
Heard Mr.K.Rathinavel representing for Mr.S.Sridharan, learned counsel for the petitioners and Mr.P.Ragavan, representing for Mr.K.Chandrasekaran, learned counsel for the respondent. 2.The petitioners herein had given a representation to the respondent on 08.07.2022 for payment of Dearness Allowance and arrears on pension. Since the said representation was not considered, 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 him 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, non-consideration of the representation by the Statutory Authority would amount to dereliction of duty and hence, this Court will be justified in 5/8
invoking its extraordinary powers under Article 226 of the 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 respondent herein to consider the petitioners' representation dated 08.07.2022, on its own merits and pass appropriate orders in accordance with law, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
5.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 respondent to consider the same on its own merits. 6.With the above direction, the Writ Petition stands disposed of. No costs.
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To The Assistant General Manager, State Bank of India, Centralized Pension Processing Centre, Virugambakkam, Chennai 600 092.
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M.S.RAMESH,J.
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