Rengarajan Gopal v. M.Elangovan
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED : 23.01.2024 CORAM :
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE R.SURESH KUMAR and THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.KUMARESH BABU Review Application Nos.24 and 25 of 2024 and C.M.P.Nos.1893 and 1894 of 2024 Rev.Appl.No.24 of 2024 1.Rengarajan Gopal 2.Vanangamudi N 3.Kanniyappan Nanjappan 4.Deivam Annamalai ...
Applicants -Vs1.M.Elangovan 2.S.Subbaiah 3.State of Tamil Nadu represented by Secretary to Government, Home (Police-XVII) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.
4.The Chairman / Director State Recruitment and Promotion Board Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai 600 008.
5.Director of Fire and Rescue Services O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
6.Joint Director, Northern Region O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
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7.Deputy Director, North Western Region Fire and Rescue Service Department Vellore.
8. R.Rolan
9. V.Dhinakar
10. T.Mookaiah
11. Thangasamy S
12. J.Vijayan
13. S.Janarthanam
14. B.Selvam
15. Rajasekaran
16. R.Ramesh Babu
17. R.Udayakumar
18. K.P.Venkatesan
19. C.Raja
20. S.Arunagiri
21. A.Anbalagan
22. G.Ragupathi
23. D.Kamal Basha
24. S.Ramesh Kumar
25. V.Murugan
26. P.Panneer Selvam
27. S.Rajendran
28. B.Mathappan
29. M.Ravikumar
30. R.Ramesh
31. M.Murugadhas
32. T.Murugiah
33. M.Karunanithi
34. R.Neelakandan
35. B.Amirthalingam
36. D.Manickam
37. B.Jawahar
38. M.Johnson
39. M.Shanmugam
40. R.Murugesan
41. M.Baskar
42. M.Ramasubramanian
43. A.Ramaschandran
44. V.Edwin
45. A.Vijayan
46. K.Selvan
47. C.Nandakumar 2/9
48. J.D.Prasanna
49. E.Muthu
50. P.Ramesh
51. V.Parasuraman
52. S.Inbaraj ...
Respondents Rev.Appl.No.25 of 2024 1.D.Vivekanandan 2.V.Rajendran 3.A.James Arul Prakash 4.K.Balachandran 5.V.Palagara Ramasamy 6.G.Tamilpandi 7.N.Palavesam 8.S.Ganesan 9.S.Premanandan 10.S.Muthusamy 11.K.Chandran 12.P.Bhoopathy 13.P.Balachandran 14.R.Gurusamy 15.M.P.Muthukumaran 16.D.Chandrasekaran 17.S.Ashokan 18.K.Kathirvelu 19.A.Muthu 20.A.Gunasekaran 21.K.P.Venkatesan 22.A.Susainathan Martin 23.R.Manikandan 24.M.Mahendran 25.M.Karnan 26.S.Prakash 27.G.Michael Dhanapalan 28.R.Selvam 29.S.Navaneethakrishnan 30.V.Dharmalingam 31.K.Rameshkumar 32.T.Karthikeyan 33.P.N.Anilkumar 34.B.Ramachandran 35.N.Ganapathy 3/9
36.S.Jayachandran 37.D.Sivakumar 38.K.Marimuthu 39.C.M.Karuppiah 40.S.Lemer Thambiah 41.K.Jagadesh Chandrabose 42.M.Kumar 43.R.Lakshmanan 44.R.Paramasivam ...
Applicants -Vs1.M.Elangovan 2.S.Subbaiah 3.State of Tamil Nadu represented by Secretary to Government, Home (Police-XVII) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.
4.The Chairman / Director State Recruitment and Promotion Board Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai 600 008.
5.Director of Fire and Rescue Services O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
6.Joint Director, Northern Region O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
7.Deputy Director, North Western Region Fire and Rescue Service Department Vellore.
8. R.Rolan
9. V.Dhinakar
10. T.Mookaiah
11. Thangasamy S
12. J.Vijayan
13. S.Janarthanam
14. B.Selvam 4/9
15. Rajasekaran
16. R.Ramesh Babu
17. R.Udayakumar
18. K.P.Venkatesan
19. C.Raja
20. S.Arunagiri
21. A.Anbalagan
22. G.Ragupathi
23. D.Kamal Basha
24. S.Ramesh Kumar
25. V.Murugan
26. P.Panneer Selvam
27. S.Rajendran
28. B.Mathappan
29. M.Ravikumar
30. R.Ramesh
31. M.Murugadhas
32. T.Murugiah
33. M.Karunanithi
34. R.Neelakandan
35. B.Amirthalingam
36. D.Manickam
37. B.Jawahar
38. M.Johnson
39. M.Shanmugam
40. R.Murugesan
41. M.Baskar
42. M.Ramasubramanian
43. A.Ramaschandran
44. V.Edwin
45. A.Vijayan
46. K.Selvan
47. C.Nandakumar
48. J.D.Prasanna
49. E.Muthu
50. P.Ramesh
51. V.Parasuraman
52. S.Inbaraj ...
Respondents Common Prayer : Review Applications under Order 47 Rule 1 read with Section 114 of CPC to review the order dated 17.07.2023 passed in W.A.No.448 of 2020 etc., 5/9
For Applicants :
Mrs.Nalini Chidambaram Senior Counsel for Ms.C.Uma (in Rev.Appl.No.25 of 2024) Mr.P.Paramasivadoss for Mr.S.Ganeshkumar (in Rev.Appl.No.24 of 2024)
O R D E R
(Order of the Court was made by R.SURESH KUMAR, J.) Heard Mrs.Nalini Chidambaram, learned Senior Counsel for Ms.C.Uma learned counsel appearing for the Review Applicants in Rev.Appl.No.25 of 2024 and Mr.P.Paramasivadoss for Mr.S.Ganesh Kumar, learned counsel appearing for the Review Applicants in Rev.Appl.No.24 of 2024.
2. By these review applications, our order dated 17.07.2023 in W.A.Nos.448 of 2020 etc., batch is sought to be reviewed, where in Para 40 of the order, we have given a set of directions, the last direction reads thus: " For the purpose of clarification, we make it clear that the Firemen, who had become eligible and got promoted as Leading Firemen as on 27.03.2019 shall not, at any cost, be placed ahead of the promotees who have earned promotion before 27.03.2019." 6/9
3. Therefore, those who had become eligible and got promoted as Leading Firemen as on 27.03.2019 have already been protected and their seniority shall not be disturbed. Insofar as these applicants are concerned, they were originally enlisted as Firemen in the year 1996 and earned promotion as Leading Firemen based on their seniority in February 2019 ie., prior to the cut off date 27.03.2019.
4. Therefore, insofar as these petitioners / applicants are concerned, the position they have earned by way of promotion as Leading Firemen prior to 27.03.2019 is to be kept intact and shall not be disturbed by virtue of our direction that has been quoted herein above.
5. When that being so, there may not have been any grievance over the orders passed by this Court. Moreover, when an order passed by the Court is to be reviewed, there must be an error apparent on the face of the record. No such error is apparent on the fact of the record in the order sought to be reviewed by the learned counsel for the petitioners. Therefore, we do not find any reason to interfere with the order dated 17.07.2023 as it does not require any review.
6. If at all the petitioners apprehend anything at the hands of the State / Department that the orders passed by this Court dated 17.07.2023 would be wrongly interpreted and thereby the promotion / seniority earned by them would get disturbed, in such case it can only be considered as violation of the orders of this 7/9
Court dated 17.07.2023, for which the remedy lies elsewhere and not by way of review applications as have been filed now.
7. For all these reasons, both these review applications deserve to be dismissed and are accordingly dismissed. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.
(R.S.K.,J.) (K.B.,J.) 23.01.2024 Index : Yes 1/3 Internet : Yes KST To 1.The Secretary to Government, Home (Police-XVII) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-600 009.
2.The Chairman / Director State Recruitment and Promotion Board Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai 600 008.
3.Director of Fire and Rescue Services O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
4.Joint Director, Northern Region O/o Directorate of Fire and Rescue Services Egmore, Chennai - 600 008.
5.Deputy Director, North Western Region Fire and Rescue Service Department Vellore.
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R.SURESH KUMAR, J.
and K.KUMARESH BABU, J.
KST Rev.Application Nos.24 & 25 of 2024 23.01.2024 9/9