Muthupandi v. Principal Secretary

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 18.01.2024

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE L.VICTORIA GOWRI and W.M.P(MD) Nos.16541 to 16543, 16545, 17629 to 17631, 17633 and 17635 of 2023

1. Muthupandi

2. D.Manikandan

3. Muthamil Selvan

4. K.Manikandan

5. M.Muthuraman

6. G.Santhalakshmi

7. S.Nirmala

8. M.Mohammed Zamila

9. A.Mohammed Ashik

10. M.Shivani ... Petitioners in both the cases Vs

1. The Principal Secretary, Commissioner of Taxes, O/o. The Commissioner of Taxes, Ezhilagam, Chepauk, Chennai 5.

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2. P.Kavitha

3. R.Suresh

4. C.Murali

5. K.Anbukani

6. K.Senthilkumar

7. K.Pugalenthi

8. K.Muthulingam

9. V.Suresh Babu

10. P.Kamali

11. G.Poobalakrishnan

12. B.Rizwan Ahamed

13. N.K.Maheshwari

14. G.Murugan

15. K.Kumar

16. G.Venkata Subramaniayan

17. K.Sameena Fathima

18. G.R.Sivakumar

19. S.Kalaichelvi

20. D.Chitra Sabapathy 2/10

21. S.G.Rajesh

22. K.Umashankar

23. R.Vasudevan

24. G.Maheswaran

25. K.P.Jeyakumar

26. A.R.Sakthivel

27. A.Mubarak

28. A.Murugadoss

29. T.R.Kalaivani

30. R.Ragu

31. M.Vadivazhagan

32. D.Thiyagarajan

33. R.Amsaveni

34. A.Anbuganesan

35. N.Janarthanan

36. S.Vijaya

37. J.Srilakshmi

38. D.Vani

39. P.Dhanam 3/10

40. V.Saritha

41. K.Muruganandam

42. K.Arunkumar

43. M.Sheik Haneef

44. M.Geetha

45. K.A.Renuka

46. M.Natarajan

47. J.Valanarasu

48. P.Thangavelu

49. A.Sagayarani ... Respondents in W.P(MD) No.20077 of 2023

1. The Principal Secretary, Commissioner of Taxes, O/o. The Commissioner of Taxes, Ezhilagam, Chepauk, Chennai 5.

2. P.Kanchana

3. K.Govindasamy

4. B.Pramila

5. V.Suresh

6. R.Suresh Babu

7. A.Ashok 4/10

8. K.Haridas

9. S.Isaac Johnson

10. N.Rajarajeswari

11. P.A.Mohammed Irfan

12. S.R.Murali

13. A.Varadharaj

14. J.Saravanan

15. P.Ramesh Babu

16. V.Saminathan

17. Anand Paulraj Sampson

18. A.Petrisiya Kulandai Therese

19. B.Sudalaikumar

20. P.A.Mohammed Fathima Kamila

21. K.Yuvaraj

22. R.Gopalakrishnan

23. M.Karthikeyan

24. D.Sureshkumar

25. M.Muthukumaran

26. A.Diraviaraja 5/10

27. K.S.Mohan Kumar

28. A.Kannan

29. T.Kesavan

30. V.Sumathi

31. C.Vimala Devi

32. C.Elumalai

33. D.Suresh Kumar

34. S.Madhavan

35. A.Selvakumar

36. G.Ramamoorthy

37. T.Selvam Johnson

38. M.Sankar Raj

39. T.S.Sivaraman

40. R.Shanmugalakshmi

41. S.Thanalakshmi

42. N.Vallimayil

43. R.Meenakshi

44. E.R.Eswari

45. A.Subramani

...Respondents in W.P(MD)No.21231 of 2023

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COMMON PRAYER: Writ Petitions are filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records of the 1st respondent in respect of the impugned proceedings of reference in Proc. No. P1/02-39/2-2023-I and Proc. No. P1/02-39/2/2023-II dated 14.08.2023 and Proc.No.P1/02-39/2/2023-I and Proc.No.P1/02-39/2/2023-II, dated 19.08.2023 respectively and quash the same as illegal and consequently directing the 1st respondent to promote the petitioners to the post of Commercial Tax Officers. For Petitioners : Mr.Ananda Padmanabhan For Respondents : Mr.P.Veerakathiravan Additional Advocate General Assisted by Mr.M.Siddharthan Additional Government Pleader COMMON ORDER These writ petitions have been filed challenging the impugned proceedings in Proc. No.

P1/02-39/2-2023-I and Proc. No. P1/02-39/2/2023-II, dated 14.08.2023 and Proc.No.P1/02-39/2/2023-I and Proc.No.P1/02-39/2/2023-II, dated 19.08.2023 respectively and consequently, directing the 1st respondent to promote the petitioners to the post of Commercial Tax Officers.

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2. The learned Additional Advocate General appearing on behalf of the respondents submitted that the petitioners' cases are under consideration to the post of Commercial Tax Officer in terms of the order passed by this Court in a similar case in W.P.No.24564 of 2023 batch, dated 11.01.2024. He further submitted that since the case of the petitioners is under consideration to the post of Commercial Tax Officer, the writ petitions may be closed.

3. Recording the said submission made by the learned Additional Advocate General on instruction, it is ordered that the respondents shall consider the case of the petitioners for promotion to the post of Commercial Tax Officer without prejudice to their interse seniority within a period of three weeks from today. Further, it is made clear that if the petitioners are not promoted to the post of Commercial Tax Officers within a period of three weeks, then all the writ petitions shall stand automatically revived back. 8/10

4.With the above direction, these writ petitions stand closed. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are closed.

18.01.2024 NCC : Yes / No Index : Yes / No Internet : Yes PNM To The Principal Secretary, Commissioner of Taxes, O/o. The Commissioner of Taxes, Ezhilagam, Chepauk, Chennai 5.

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L.VICTORIA GOWRI, J.

PNM COMMON ORDER IN and W.M.P(MD) Nos.16541 to 16543, 16545, 17629 to 17631, 17633 and 17635 of 2023 18.01.2024 10/10