J.John Peter, v. The Director Of Town Panchayat

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED:02.04.2019

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.MAHADEVAN W.P(MD)No.7776 of 2019 J.John Peter ... Petitioner vs.

1.The Director of Town Panchayat, Kuralagam, Chennai.

2.The District Collector, Thanjavur.

3.The Executive Officer, Vallam Town Panchayat, Vallam, Thanjavur District.

... Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the first and second respondents to consider and pass appropriate orders on the representation of the petitioner, dated 31/08/2018 and 08/10/2018 in accordance with law.

For Petitioner : Mr.N.Sankar Ganesh For Respondents : Mr.S.Angappan Government Advocate for R.1 and R.2 : Mr.M.Rajarajan for R.3

ORDER

The Writ Petition is filed seeking a direction to the first and second respondents to consider and pass appropriate orders on the representations of the petitioner, dated 31/08/2018 and 08/10/2018 in accordance with law.

2. Heard the learned Counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate, who takes notice for the respondents 1 and 2 and the learned Counsel, who takes notice for the third respondent. By consent, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission itself.

3. The case of the petitioner is that he earlier worked as Pump Operator in the third respondent under daily wages scheme as non muster roll employee and he was ousted out from the said post. Hence, he made representations to the respondents on 31.08.2018 and 08.10.2018 (*)seeking domestic enquiry. Since the same have not been considered so far, the petitioner is before this Court with the present writ petition.

4. The learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondents 1 and 2 would submit that the representations of the petitioner would be considered on merits and in accordance with law, within a time limit as fixed by this Court.

5. Considering the nature of the relief as sought for by the petitioner, without going into the merits of the petitioner's case, the respondents are directed to consider the representations of the petitioner dated 31.08.2018 and 08.10.2018 (*)seeking domestic enquiry and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

6. The Writ Petition stands disposed of with the above direction. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar(CS-II) (*)Corrected as per Order of this Court dated 24.06.2019 in WMP(MD)No.10190 of 2019 in WP(MD)NO.7776 of 2019 - DKKJ Assistant Registrar (CS-II) /True Copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar(CS- ) (*)To be Substituted as per Order copy already despatched on 06.05.2019 ssl To 1.The Director of Town Panchayat, Kuralagam, Chennai.

2.The District Collector, Thanjavur.

3.The Executive Officer, Vallam Town Panchayat, Vallam, Thanjavur District.

+1CC TO MR.N.SHANKAR GANESH, Advocate Sr. No.58419, (*)71092 +1CC TO THE SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER SR.No.58557 W.P(MD)No.7776 of 2019 02.04.2019 SCR(CO) TR (02.05.2019) 3P 6C ES/09.07.2019/3P/6C