Madras High CourtWP(MD)/1757/2015disposed of

R. Ashok Kumar v. The State Of Tamilnadu

2015-02-12Honourable Mr Justice K. Ravichandrabaabu2 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 12.02.2015 CORAM :

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.RAVICHANDRABAABU Writ Petition (MD) No.1757 of 2015 1.R.Ashok Kumar 2.R.Murugeswaran 3.T.Santhosh Kumar 4.S.Venkatesan 5.K.Pattabi Raman 6.B.Karthikeyan 7.R.Sundaramoorthy 8.K.Rajaguru 9.V.Selvaraju 10.K.Senthilkumar 11.K.Sakthivel 12.V.Kokkothai 13.C.Sivakumar 14.A.Mohideen Khan 15.A.Senthilkumaran 16.B.Palaniyappa 17.M.Varatharajan 18.R.Anandan ... Petitioners Vs.

1.The State of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Principal Secretary, Food Ministry Department, Fort St., George, Chennai 600 009.

2.The State of Tamil Nadu represented by its Principal Secretary, Finance Department, Fort St., George, Chennai 600 009.

3.The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010.

4.The General Manager (Administration), Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010.

... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to revise the pay scale of the petitioners in the cadre of Shift Engineers with effect from 01.01.2006 in accordance with the G.O.MS.No.234 dated 01.06.2009, within the time stipulated by this Court. For Petitioners : Mr.S.Louis for Mr.T.Lajapathi Roy For Respondents 1&2 : Mr.S.Kumar, Additional Government Pleader.

For Respondents 3&4 : Mr.D.Mayarajan https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/

ORDER

Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and Mr.S.Kumar, learned Additional Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents 1 and 2 and Mr.D.Mayarajan, learned counsel takes notice for the respondents 3 and 4. By consent, the writ petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage.

2.The petitioners seek for a Mandamus directing the respondents to revise their pay scale in the cadre of Shift Engineers with effect from 01.01.2006 in accordance with G.O.MS.No.234, dated 01.06.2009. 3.Whether the petitioners are entitled to such relief or not is for the respondents more particularly, the first respondent to consider and decide and therefore, this Court at this stage, is not expressing any view on the claim made by the petitioners.

4.It is seen that the petitioners have already made representations to the first respondent on 14.11.2014 seeking for the very same benefit.

5.Accordingly, the writ petition is disposed of with a direction to the first respondent to consider the said representation and pass appropriate orders on the same on merits and in accordance with law within a period of twelve weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

Sd/- Assistant Registrar (RTI) /True copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To 1.The Principal Secretary, State of Tamil Nadu, Food Ministry Department, Fort St., George, Chennai 600 009. 2.The Principal Secretary, State of Tamil Nadu, Finance Department, Fort St., George, Chennai 600 009. 3.The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010. 4.The General Manager (Administration), Tamil Nadu Civil Supplies Corporation, Kilpauk, Chennai 600 010. +1cc to MR.D.MAYARAJAN, ADVOCATE IN SR : 6489 +1cc to MR.T.LAJAPATHIROY, ADVOCATE IN SR : 6901 +1CC TO THE SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER, IN SR : 6802 Sms SR : 20.02.2015 : 2p/8c Writ Petition (MD) No.1757 of 2015 12.02.2015 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/