The petitioner challenged a departmental letter regarding promotion to Assistant Manager, alleging violation of the 3:1 ratio for degree and diploma holders. The bench noted the department's undertaking to adhere to the ratio and ordered the writ petition to be closed without passing any order.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATED: 21.07.2016
CORAM:
THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE B.RAJENDRAN
WP.Nos.40779 of 2015 WMP.No.5884 and 5885 of 2016, and MP.Nos.1 and 2 of 2015
The Engineering Association of Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai by its President S.Gethaapathy, Chennai-95 at Plot No.4/283 Maduravoyal CMDA Registration No.2803/CNI ... Petitioner
4.The Secretary to Government, Personnel and Administrative Department, Fort St.George Chennai-9 5.K.Manivannan 6.J.Manickam 7.C.Hemachandran 8.N.Ganesh Kanna 9.E.Saritha 10.V.Uvaraj 11.A.P.Senthil Kumar 12.G.Anbarasu ... Respondents
Prayer:- This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the proceedings of
the Senior Deputy Manager HRD Metropolitan Transport Corporation, Chennai the 3rd Respondent in Letter No.690/Pa.Pi. (Pori)2/Ma.Po.Ka/ 2015 dated 25.9.2015 and to quash the same in so far as the reply relating to the post of Assistant Manager in page 4 is concerned and to direct the Respondents 1 to 3 herein to maintain 3:1 ratio in the said post for all times to come and fill all the existing and future vacancies till their quota of 16 posts is achieved as per service rules, if necessary by giving directions to the Respondents to create super numery posts to satisfy the quota and set apart the same for Diploma holders to be maintained for all given point of time.
For Petitioner : Mr.K.Rajkumar For Respondents : Mr.S.Gunasekaran, AGP-RR1&4 Mr.S.Vijaya Narayanan, SC for Mr.P.Paramasivadoss, GA-R2 Mr.N.Vijay Narayanan for (SC) Mr.N.Subramanian-RR5 to 12
ORDER
This Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records relating to the proceedings of the 3rd Respondent in Letter No.690/Pa.Pi.(Pori)2/Ma.Po.Ka/ 2015 dated 25.9.2015 and to quash the same in so far as the reply relating to the post of Assistant Manager in page 4 is concerned and to direct the Respondents 1 to 3 herein to maintain 3:1 ratio in the said post for all times to come and fill all the existing and future vacancies till their quota of 16 posts is achieved as per service rules, if necessary by giving directions to the Respondents to create super numery posts to satisfy the quota and set apart the same for Diploma holders to be maintained for all given point of time.
Sd/-
Assistant Registrar(CCC)
//True Copy//
Sub Assistant Registrar
Srcm
To:
1.The Secretary to Government
The State of Tamil Nadu
Transport Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-9
2.The Managing Director, Metropolitan Transport Corporation
Limited, Pallavan Home, Pallavan Salai.
WP.Nos.40779 of 2015
pvs[co] srg 12/08/2016
1 issue framed by the court
Whether the department must maintain a 3:1 ratio for degree and diploma holders in filling Assistant Manager vacancies.
Colour shows how this judgement treated each authority
WP.No.34848 of 2006Referred¶19
The Engineering Association of Metropolitan Transport Corporation
The State of Tamil Nadu
The Managing Director, Metropolitan Transport Corporation Limited
The Senior Deputy Manager (HRD)
K. Manivannan
J. Manickam
B. Rajendran
As recorded by the court registry
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