M.Shanmugapriya v. The Additional Chief

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 25.02.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN W.P.No.18499 of 2017

1. M.Shanmugapriya

2. R.Dilip Navagar

3. D.Selvam

4. B.Aravinth

5. P.Kumar

6. R.Ramesh

7. R.Pandeeswaran

8. V.Srinivasan

9. T.S.Kumar

10. S.Vijayarangan

11. K.J.Muruganantham

12. D.Balasubramanian

13. P.Velmurugan

14. V.Santhoshmumar

15. P.Lalithaprasanna

16. G.Mahalakshmi

...Petitioners

Vs.

1. The Additional Chief Secretary, Commercial Taxes and Registration (A1) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Chepauk, Chennai - 05.

3. S.Bharathan

4. K.Manimegalai

5. P.Parameswari

6. P.Mathialagan

7. P.Sivasakthivel

8. T.James Fernando

9. K.Mahalakshmi 10.A.Anitha 11.M.Vijayakumari 12.D.Jenret Bebolan Rosary 13.C.Salaikumar 14.M.Jeyamala 15.R.Senthilkumar 16.L.P.Makeswaran

17. M.Rajarathinam

18. K.Premkumar

19. A.S.Charmie Sheila

20. R.Regunathan

21. M.David Albert

22. S.Radha Lakshmi

23. G.K.Padmanaban

24. B.Vijaya

25. A.Sridharan

26. Na.Rajesh

27. R.Pattabiram

28. P.Rajakumar

29. R.Shamugasundaram

30. K.Srinivasan

31. N.Bakiyalakshmi

32. S.Sayee Lakshmi

33. R.Muthusamy

34. G.Logam

35. S.balakumar

36. S.Padmavathy

37. J.Parthasarathy

38. N.Dharmalingam

39. A.Elango

40. R.Anandan

41. S.Reggupathy

42. V.Swarnalatha

43. S.Akbar Basha

44. K.Dheenadayalan

45. A.Sumathi

46. G.Arul Doss

47. R.Gandhi

48. S.F.Syedunisha

49. K.Shamuga Priya

50. G.Revathi

51. N.Amutharani

52. M.Chellapandiyan

53. A.Mary Nirmalabai

54. S.Kalaivani

55. T.Ramasamy

56. A.Malarvizhi

57. A.Murugan

58. R.George Stephensons

59. C.Ajayrani Mariammal

60. L.Kumaresan

61. S.V.Mohan

62. V.Vanathi

63. E.Meera

64. C.Krishnaveni

65. A.Shameem

66. B.Rajasekaran

67. R.Jayalakshmi

68. S.Vijayakumar

69. V.Karthikeyan

70. N.C.G.Baby Rekha

71. V.Vijaya

72. D.Sumathi

73. J.Meganathan

74. C.Kamatchi

75. J.Shantharaman

76. V.Malliga

77. S.Deepa

78. P.Vijayakumar

79. K.Menaka

80. G.Kader Hussain

81. S.Jegadeesan

82. A.Baskaran

83. T.K.Sureshkumar

84. M.Sampathraja

85. D.Prakash

86. N.Thirumalmurugan

87. K.Harikumar

88. M.Sivakumar

89. S.Sathish

90. P.Saravanan

91. G.Balaji

92. A.Panneerselvam

93. G.thilagavathi

94. D.Nalini

95. R.Suganya

96. K.Perumal

97. R.Gopinath

98. L.Mathusudanan

99. E.Dakshayani Sangeetha

100. G.Karupannan

...Respondents

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records of the first respondent in connection with the impugned Order passed by him in G.O.(D) No.278 Commercial Taxes and Registration (A1) Department, dated 15.06.2017 an quash the same and further direct the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the petitioner name for promotion to the post of Commercial Tax Officer as per seniority by granting relaxation as granted to the similarly situated person.

For Petitioners : Mr.S.Sivakumar For Respondents : Mr.M.Hariharan Additional Government Pleader R1 & R2

ORDER

The present writ petition has been filed to challenge the order passed by the first respondent in G.O.(D) No.278 Commercial Taxes and Registration (A1) Department, dated 15.06.2017 and direct the respondents 1 and 2 to consider the petitioners' names for promotion to the post of Commercial Tax Officer as per the seniority by granting relaxation as given to the similarly situated persons.

2. Today, when the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, on instructions, submitted that subsequent to the filing of this writ petition, the petitioners have been granted promotion, however, the respondents have not taken any decision with regard to their seniority. Hence, the learned counsel sought liberty to the petitioners to approach the respondents by filing appropriate representation.

3. Granting such liberty to the petitioners, this writ petition stands disposed of. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS VII) //True Copy// Sub Assistant Registrar vrc To

1. The Additional Chief Secretary, Commercial Taxes and Registration (A1) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai - 600 009.

2. The Additional Chief Secretary/Commissioner, Commercial Taxes, Chepauk, Chennai - 05.

+1cc to Special Government Pleader, S.R.No.12291 +1cc to Mr.S.Sivakumar, Advocate, S.R.No.11996 W.P.No.18499 of 2017 JP(CO) KKV/29/07/2021