Madras High CourtWP(MD)/19731/2016dismissed as infructuous

S.Balasubramanian v. The Tamil Nadu State Transport

2023-07-20Honourable Mr. Justice Battu Devanand4 pages

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 20.07.2023

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE BATTU DEVANAND W.P.(MD)No.19731 of 2016 1.S.Balasubramanian 2.E.Ganesan 3.P.Nagaraj 4.C.Pandian 5.S.Radhakrishnan 6.Sivakumar 7.V.Thangaraj 8.P.Veeramani 9.T.Ganeshamoorthy 10.R.Balan 11.S.Balasubramanian 11.G.Pandian

...Petitioners

Vs.

1.The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Ltd., Represented by its Managing Director, Madurai.

2.The Administrator, The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Pension Fund Trust, Thiruvalluvar House, Pallavan Salai, Chennai - 600 002.

... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution

of India, seeking for the issuance of Writ of declaration declaring the action of the respondents in resolving to pay the commuted value of pension payable for the belated payment of the same as illegal, arbitrary and violative of Article 14 and 21 of Constitution of India and consequently directing the respondents to settle the commuted value of pension of the petitioners in one lump sum with interest at the rate of 18% per annum payable from the date of retirement of the petitioners to till the date of payment of the said amount within the time that may be stipulated by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.A.Rahul For R 2 : Mr.S.C.Herold Singh For R1 : Mr.A.Jayaraman

O R D E R

The learned counsel for the petitioner on record submits that in view of the subsequent developments happened during the pendency of this Writ Petition, this Writ Petition has become infructuous and as such, no further adjudication is required.

2. The statement of the learned counsel is placed on record.

3. In the light of the submission made by the learned

counsel for the petitioner, in my considered view, nothing survives in this Writ Petition and it has to be dismissed as infructuous.

4. Accordingly, this Writ Petition is dismissed as infructuous.

4. No costs.

20.07.2023 Index : Yes / No NCC : Yes / No CM To, 1.The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation (Madurai) Ltd., Represented by its Managing Director, Madurai.

2.The Administrator, The Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation Pension Fund Trust, Thiruvalluvar House, Pallavan Salai, Chennai - 600 002.

BATTU DEVANAND, J.

CM W.P.(MD)No.19731 of 2016 20.07.2023