R.Thenmozhi-I v. High Court Of Judicature

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

RESERVED ON :

03.12.2019 DELIVERED ON :

19 .12.2019 CORAM :

THE HON'BLE MR.A.P.SAHI, CHIEF JUSTICE AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE SUBRAMONIUM PRASAD W.P.No.15434 of 2017 1.R.Thenmozhi-I 2.N.Kanagavalli 3.G.Dhandapani 4.K.Anitha 5.E.Vijaya Shankar 6.V.Vijayalakshmi 7.G.Rajeswari 8.D.Jeyachitra 9.B.Wilson 10.D.Periyasamy 11.Jayalakshmi Kannan 12.G.K.Geetha 13.T.S.Harikrishnan 14.A.Chandrasekaran 15.B.Parimala 16.N.Tamilselvan 17.A.Rasitha 18.N.Kalaivani 19.G.Premalatha .. Petitioners v.

1.High Court of Judicature at Madras, rep. by the Registrar General, High Court, Chennai-600 104.

2.A.Parthiban 3.S.Danalakshmi 4.S.Rajsekaran 5.K.Arumugachander

6.C.Saraswathi 7.S.Revathy 8.K.S.Janani 9.R.Padmavathy 10.T.Naga Sanjeeva Rao 11.A.Amco Kalaimarasi 12.N.Valavan 13.N.Anurekha Jayasankar 14.S.Sumathi 15.R.Pushpalatha 16.S.T.Adideshan 17.N.Rangarajan 18.R.Kavitha 19.S.Ramakrishnan 20.R.Srinivasan 21.R.Saravanakumar 22.S.Geetha 23.S.Kalavathy 24.C.Karthikeyan 25.D.Brindhavanam 26.G.Madhusudhana Reddy 27.P.C.Annapoorani 28.V.Rajameenakshi 29.M.Jayamani 30.R.Arunraja 31.M.Mohanasundaram 32.G.Meena 33.S.Eswari 34.N.Umadevi 35.V.Bama 36.K.Vanitha 37.G.Shiela 38.K.Somasundaram 39.J.Vasanthi 40.P.Kannagi 41.K.V.Dimple 42.V.Venkatasubramaniyan 43.K.Gopinath 44.S.Nagamuthu 45.G.Laxmi 46.P.Shakila 47.B.Dhamodaran 48.M.B.Rani Chandra 49.Lakshmi Nunna 50.S.Rajsekar 51.B.Ananda Ramakrishnan 52.I.Jebakani

53.V.Satheesh 54.A.Mohan 55.K.Mahalakshmi 56.L.Chithra 57.I.Sylvia Punitha Kumari 58.S.Jothilakshmi 59.S.Vijayalakshmi 60.C.Kathika-I 61.Syedahumera 62.T.Ravikumar 63.P.Veerachinnammal 64.M.S.Kajal Beevi 65.s.Meenakchi Sundaram 66.R.M.Visuwanathan 67.S.Prabha Devi 68.M.Suresh Venkatesan 69.S.Somasundaram 70.R.Anuradha 71.K.Thanga Thandapani 72.B.Poornima 73.R.Nallasamy 74.S.Jegan 75.L.Saravana Kannan 76.M.Thangapriya 77.G.Venkatesh Babu 78.K.Robin Rajkumar 79.Anurekha Jeyasankar 80.R.Srinivasan 81.M.A.Saraswathi 82.V.Ragupathyraja .. Respondents (Respondent Nos.2 to 90 impleaded as per order dated 5.10.2017 in WMP.No.27300 of 2017 in W.P.No.15434 of 2017) (Respondent Nos.36, 39, 70 to 75,87 and 88 deleted as per the order of the Court dated 02.11.

2017) Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issue of Writ of Mandamus directing the respondent to revise the seniority list of Assistant Section Officers published vide a circular bearing ROC No.24/2014-Con-B2/Estt-I dated 28.11.2014 by preparing the combined seniority list Copyists/Typists/Readers/Examiners as on 1.12.2001 and the consequential seniority list of Assistants on the basis of correct principle of seniority.

For Petitioners : Mr.M.Radhakrishnan For Respondents : Mr.B.Vijay for respondent No.1 Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan Senior Counsel for M/s.AL.Gandhimathi for respondent Nos.28 to 33, 80 and 90

ORDER

HON'BLE CHIEF JUSTICE This writ petition has been filed praying for issuing a revised combined seniority list of Copyists/Typists/Readers/Examiners as on 01.12.2001 on the ground that these posts have been merged and they should have common seniority, more so, keeping in view all the reasons that have been stated in the writ petition filed by the petitioners being W.P.No.7163 of 2017.

2. The issue of re-opening of seniority and preparation of combined seniority list may not arise now in view of the reasons given by us while dismissing W.P.No.7163 of 2017 and for the additional reason that the combined seniority list on the basis of merger with effect from 2001 would be unlawful, inasmuch as there was no merger in the year 2001 and category wise seniority was distributed separately under the then existing Rules. The merger made later on therefore cannot in any way govern the placement or seniority in the original cadre of Copyists/Typists/Readers/Examiners that continued with the promotion of the petitioners later on as Assistants and then as Assistant Section Officers. Accordingly, the list of seniority dated 28.11.2014 indicating seniority in the cadre of Assistant Section Officers now cannot be questioned for all the reasons stated hereinabove. This writ petition is devoid of merits, which is, accordingly, rejected. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS III) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar

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The Registrar General, High Court of Judicature at Madras, Chennai-600 104.

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