S.Chithambaram, v. State Of Tamil Nadu,

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 28.11.2023

CORAM

THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE S.M.SUBRAMANIAM AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN and W.M.P.(MD).No.1524 of 2018 1.S.Chithambaram 2.T.George 3.A.Kumaresapillai 4.M.Subbaian Asari 5.A.Sornappan 6.P.Sivasubramania Pillai 7.N.Rajavadivu 8.P.Abdul Razak 9.A.Kanagaraj 10.A.Theyvanayagam Pillai 11.N.Sreedharan Pillai

12.P.V.Subramaniam 13.K.Sreekandan Nair 14.S.Ramaswamy 15.M.Shanmugam 16.T.Meenakshi Sundaram 17.A.Jayakumar 18.S.Rengaraj 19.K.Subramanian 20.D.Subburengaraj 21.P.Murugan 22.M.Mohammed Shali 23.N.Soundararajan 24.M.Nallasivan 25.G.Shabhutheen 26.S.Pandaram 27.S.Murugan 28.S.Poovalingam 29.N.Subramanian

30.N.Thangaraj 31.N.Ganesan 32.S.Gurusamy 33.N.Pachaimuthu 34.M.Akbar 35.A.Devadhas 36.S.Arumugam 37.A.Alhappan 38.S.Michael 39.M.Masthan 40.B.Meenakshi Sundaram 41.R.Ganeshan 42.G.Ramasamy 43.G.Shanmuganathan 44.N.Rajangam 45.M.Selvam 46.K.Balasubramonian 47.V.Amirthalingam

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84.C.Parasuraman 85.A.Duraisamy 86.R.Thanasekaran 87.R.Govindan 88.K.Narayanan 89.R.Kuppusamy 90.S.Sekar 91.Ekambaram.D 92.S.Dinakaran 93.S.Manimozhi 94.N.Balakrishnan 95.G.Govindasamy 96.K.Panchabakesan 97.K.Manogaran 98.P.Ramalingam 99.G.Sambantham 100.Sundarajan.M 101.G.K.Gunasekaran

102.P.Varatharajan 103.V.Subramaniam 104.R.Thangavel 105.R.Vijayan 106.N.Rengasamy 107.P.Gnanasekaran 108.S.Kulandaivel 109.M.Ganesan 110.R.Ulaganathan 111.R.Kanthadivel 112.M.Marappan 113.R.Rengasamy 114.A.Sukunakumar 115.AR.Rengasamy 116.P.Palanisamy 117.C.Kannamalai 118.C.Muniappan 119.M.Jaganathan

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138.Durai Jayaraman 139.M.Subramanian 140.V.Murugesan 141.R.Sowthirajan 142.V.Balathandayatham

143. A.Selvaraj

144. V.Dhanakodi 145.A.Anathan 146.G.Thiyagarajan 147.R.Mathivanan 148.V.Palanivelu 149.A.Dhandapani 150.L.Veerasamy 151.B.Jayaraman 152.S.Ramamoorthi 153.R.Nadu Chezhiyan 154.L.Natesan 155.A.Ramalingam

156.S.Muthuvel .. Petitioners Vs.

1.State of Tamil Nadu, Represented by its Secretary to Government, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Registrar General, High Court, Madras - 600 104.

.. Respondents PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records relating to Letter No.10893/PC3/2017-1 dated 04.07.2017 of the 1st Respondent and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents herein to pay 5% of the Basic Pay as Personal Pay to the petitioners with effect from 01.08.1992. For Petitioners : Mr.C.Mahadevan For R-1 : Mr.S.Shanmugavel Additional Government Pleader For R-2 : Mr.T.S.Mohamed Mohidheen

ORDER

(Order of the Court was made by S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.) The petitioners are retired Process Servers and filed the Writ Petition claiming that they are entitled for 5% personal pay granted pursuant to the recommendations of the 5th Pay Commission with effect from 01.08.1992.

2. An application was submitted seeking 5% personal pay relying on the Government Order issued in G.O.(Ms)No.664 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 24.08.1992.

3. In the said Government Order, personal pay was granted based on the recommendations of the 5th Tamil Nadu Pay Commission and considering the grievance of the Employees Association regarding the pay anomaly caused to certain categories of employees. Considering the pay anomaly occurred and to rectify the anomaly, basic pay to the categories of staff in the following scale of pay was granted: "i) All categories of staff in the pre revised scales of pay at Rs.475 - 775 moving over to the revised scale of pay of Rs.775 - 1030.

ii) All categories of staff in the pre revised scale of pay of Rs.610 - 1075 moving over to the revised scale of pay of Rs.950 - 1500 or Rs.975 - 1660.

iii) All categories of staff in the pre-revised scale of pay of Rs.705 - 1230 moving over to the revised scale of pay of Rs.1200 - 2040, and iv) All categories of staff in the pre-revised scale of pay of Rs.905 - 1545 moving over to the revised scale of pay of Rs.1600 - 2660."

4. Paragraph 5 of the Government Order stipulates that the personal pay is sanctioned under exceptional circumstances as an one time transitional measure for all the categories in the specified scales. However, the claim of the petitioners was scrutinised by the authorities and it was found that the category of Process Server is not falling within the four categories stipulated in G.O.(Ms)No.664 Finance (Pay Cell) Department dated 24.08.1992.

5. Beyond that, 5% personal pay was granted from 01.06.1988 based on the 5th Pay Commission and the present Writ Petition was filed in the

year 2018 and after a lapse of several years from the date of retirement of the petitioners. The pre-revised/revised scale of pay for the post of Process Server was Rs.505-843/Rs.800-1150. Therefore, the said category is not falling within the ambit of G.O.(Ms)No.664 and thus, the rejection of the claim of the petitioners is in consonance with the Government scheme implemented in G.O.(Ms)No.664 dated 24.08.1992. We do not find any infirmity in respect of the decision taken by the respondents and the same stands confirmed.

6. Accordingly, the Writ Petition stands dismissed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petition stands closed.

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To 1.The Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009.

2.The Registrar General, High Court, Madras - 600 104.

S.M.SUBRAMANIAM,J.

and V.LAKSHMINARAYANAN,J.

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