Esakkimurugeswari.K v. The Commissioner Of Revenue Administration / Principal Secretary To The Govt.,

W.P.(MD) No.10421 of 2021 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 13.04.2022

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM W.P.(MD) No.10421 of 2021 and W.M.P.(MD) Nos.8105 & 8106 of 2021 K.Esakkimurugeswari ... Petitioner -vs1.The Commissioner of Revenue Administration/ Principal Secretary to the Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

3.P.K.Niketha Prabhavathi 4.V.Sasikumar 5.C.Suseela 6.S.Thangaiah 7.A.Swamynathan 8.S.Nishanthini 9.C.Sundararagavan 10.S.Subhulaxmi 11.G.Kala 12.R.Selvakumar 13.G.Suresh ... Respondents Prayer:- Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the 2nd respondent pertaining to the Impugned order in Na.Ka.a6/199/2021 dated 17.06.2021 and a6/Pdl.30/2020 (Tah) dated 17.06.2021 and quash the same as illegal and arbitrary and consequently direct the respondents 1 and 2 to revise the Tahsildar panel proceedings in m6/g/bt/30/2020 dated 19.05.2021 in accordance with law and within the time limit that may be stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner :

Mr.A.D.Ganesha Moorthi For RR1 & 2 :

Mr.A.K.Manikkam Special Government Pleader For RR5, 6 & 8 to 12 :

Mr.Velkani Raja ****** https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1/2

W.P.(MD) No.10421 of 2021

O R D E R

The relief sought for in the writ petition is to quash the order dated 17.06.2021 and revise the Tahsildar panel dated 19.05.2021.

2. The order impugned dated 17.06.2021 is a notification issued publishing the approved list of Tahsildars for Tuticorin District for the year 2020. The grievance of the writ petitioner is that in the approved list, her name was not considered, though she is senior to the contesting respondents. The seniority of the writ petitioner was considered based on her option for mutual transfer, which was granted to Tuticorin District. In other words, the petitioner was transferred on mutual grounds to Tuticorin District from Kanyakumari District, which resulted in loss of seniority as considered in W.P.(MD) No.9977 of 2021.

3. In view of the fact that the notification is the approved list of Tahsildar and the seniority of the petitioner has been decided in the abovesaid writ petition, the relief sought for in this writ petition cannot be granted. Accordingly, this Writ Petition stands dismissed. However, there shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed. Sd/- Assistant Registrar (CO) // True Copy // / /2022 Sub Assistant Registrar(CS) abr To 1.The Commissioner of Revenue Administration/ Principal Secretary to the Government, Government of Tamil Nadu, Revenue Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009.

2.The District Collector, Thoothukudi District, Thoothukudi.

+1 CC to M/s.SPL.GP. ( SR-19012[F] dated 18/04/2022 ) +1 CC to M/s.A.D. GANESHA MOORTHI, Advocate ( SR-19293[F] dated 19/04/2022 ) W.P.(MD) No.10421 of 2021 13.04.2022 RK(16/05/2022) 2P 5C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2/2