V.R. Ramesh Babu, v. The State Of Tamil Nadu,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 06.08.2021

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.S.SUNDAR and M.P.(MD)No.2 of 2012 V.R.Ramesh Babu .. Petitioner Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep. by its Principal Secretary to Government Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 5.

3.The Director of Local Fund Audit Kurazagam 4th Floor, Chennai - 108.

4.The Commissioner, Corporation of Madurai, Madurai.

5.R.S.Shanthi Mai 6.S.R.Premnath 7.L.Floura 8.G.Naraynan 9.V.Sumathi 10.S.Chandra 11.K.Vasantha 12.V.Vasantha 13.Suresh Kumar 14.N.Palanivel 15.A.Rengarajan 16.S.Saravanan 17.J.Glara 18.K.Soundarapandiyan 19.P.Raja Gopal 20.N.Arumugam 21.T.Mohamed Raffi 22.V.Bala Subramaniyam 23.N.K.Malini 24.J.I.David Paul Amirtharaj 25.A.Veeralakshmi 26.R.S.Siva Bagyam 27.S.Rajaram 28.M.Anantham 29.A.Liyakth Alikan 30.Vijayarani 1/4

31.R.Radha 32.A.Ahamed Ibrahim 33.P.Suresh Babu 34.S.P.Senthil Kumar (died) 35.S.Sivakumar 36.V.Nambiraja 37.R.Girija Bai 38.S.Murugeswari 39.R.Chitra 40.M.Raj Kumar 41.M.Balasubramani 42.D.R.Lakshmi 43.R.maragathavalli 44.N.Loganathan 45.D.R.Pandiyarajan 46.D.Kannan 47.P.Raja Prakash 48.A.Bagyalakshmi 49.P.Velmurugan 50.B.Karuppasamy 51.N.Muthukumar Gananasambandam 52.P.Gunasekaran 53.George Alivar 54.V.Senthil Kumaran 55.A.Mohamed Faruk 56.G.Parthasarathy 57.B.Jeyaraj 58.M.S.K.Pandiyarajan 59.R.C.Sundarajan 60.L.Mohan 61.N.Arockiyaraj 62.S.Soukarbasha 63.R.Neducheliyan 64.M.R.Banumathy 65.J.Amulrani 66.P.Pandiyammal ..

Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus to forbear the respondents from in any way effecting promotions on the strength of the seniority list /panel dated 07.01.2008 and consequentially to direct the 4th respondent to prepare the panel of Bill Collectors/Administrative Officer/ Superintendent / Assistants / Accountants /Steno-Graphers / Junior Assistant every year fixing 1st April of every year as crucial date removing the name of the respondents 5 to 66 who are not qualified for inclusion in the panel in conformity with Rule 24 of the Tamil Nadu Municipal Corporation Service Rules 1996.

(Prayer amended vide order, dated 24.04.2012 in M.P.(MD)No.3 of 2012) 2/4

For Petitioner : Mr.R.Alagumani For Respondents 23 & 24 : Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For Respondents 28 to 33 : Mr.B.Saravanan ***

O R D E R

This writ petition relates to the seniority of the petitioner. It is stated that the petitioner died during the pendency of the writ petition and hence the prayer sought for in this writ petition has become infructuous.

2.Therefore, a request was made by the learned counsels on either side to dismiss the writ petition as infructuous. Accordingly, the writ petition is dismissed as infructuous. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition is closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-) // True Copy // / /2021 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) RM Note :

In view of the present lock down owing to COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned. To 1.The Principal Secretary to Government State of Tamil Nadu Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai - 9.

2.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai - 5.

3.The Director of Local Fund Audit Kurazagam 4th Floor, Chennai - 108.

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4.The Commissioner, Corporation of Madurai, Madurai.

+1 CC to M/s.R.MURALI, Advocate ( SR-25596[F] dated 09/08/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.T.LAJAPATHI ROY, Advocate ( SR-25690[F] dated 09/08/2021 ) +1 CC to M/s.GP ( SR-25623[F] dated 09/08/2021 ) ORDER MADE IN 06.08.2021 sss(CO) TR(13.08.2021) 4P 8C 4/4