Suganesan v. State Of Tamil Nadu
BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 04.07.2025
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE VIVEK KUMAR SINGH Suganesan ... Petitioner -vs1. State of Tamil Nadu Represented By, The Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai.
2. The Director General of Prison and Correctional Services, Tamil Nadu Prison Department, No.6, Whennals Road, Egmore, Chennai.
3. The Accountant General of Tamil Nadu, Office of the Accountant General 361 Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai.
4. The Deputy Inspector General of Prison and Correctional Service, Office of DIG Prisons, Madurai Range, Madurai.
5. The Superintendent of Police, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai.
: Respondents
P RAYER:
Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India for issuance of Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to take appropriate action to re-fix the petitioner's pension and other retirement benefits based on the proposal sent by the respondent No.5 in No.6001/KiSi.1/2021 dated 12.05.2022 and pay the resultant arrears arising out of such re-fixation of pension to the petitioner in accordance with law.
For Petitioner : Dr.R.Alagumani For R1, R2, R4 and R5 : Mr.K.Balasubramani Special Government Pleader For R3 : Mr.G.Karthik Standing Counsel
O R D E R
The writ petition has been filed for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to take appropriate action to re-fix the petitioner's pension and other retirement benefits based on the proposal sent by the fifth respondent in No.6001/KiSi.1/2021 dated 12.05.2022 and to pay the resultant arrears arising from such re-fixation of pension to the petitioner in accordance with law.
2. Heard the learned counsel for the parties. By consent of both parties, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the admission stage itself.
3. When the matter was taken up for hearing, the learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that, although several grounds have been raised in the writ petition, it would suffice if this Court issues a direction to the first respondent to consider the petitioner's proposal dated 12.05.2022 and pass appropriate orders thereon, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.
4. Considering the limited request made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, this Court, without going into the merits of the case, directs the first respondent to consider the petitioner's proposal dated 12.05.2022, on its own merits and in accordance with law and to pass appropriate orders within a period of two months from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.
5. With the above directions, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. NCC : Yes / No 04.07.2025 Index : Yes / No
To:-
1. The Principal Secretary, Home, Prohibition and Excise Department, State of Tamil Nadu Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai.
2. The Director General of Prison and Correctional Services, Tamil Nadu Prison Department, No.6, Whennals Road, Egmore, Chennai.
3. The Accountant General of Tamil Nadu, Office of the Accountant General 361 Anna Salai, Teynampet, Chennai.
4. The Deputy Inspector General, Of Prison and Correctional Service, Office of DIG Prisons, Madurai Range, Madurai.
5. The Superintendent of Police, Madurai Central Prison, Madurai.
VIVEK KUMAR SINGH , J.
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