The three-writ appeals filed against orders in pay scale cases were dismissed as infructuous because the appellant counsel submitted that a subsequent review application rendered the subject matter non-survivable for adjudication. No adjudication was performed.
The Writ Appeals were dismissed as infructuous. No costs awarded.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
DATE: 07.12.2021
CORAM:
THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M.DURAISWAMY AND THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE J.SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD
W.A.Nos.745 to 747 of 2017
1.K.Mani 2.S.Murugesan 3.G.Ganesan 4.V.Chinnathambi 5.C.Karuppiah 6.C.Palanisamy 7.S.Sagariya Jaganathan 8.T.Thangavel 9.K.P.Selvaraji 10.R.Durai Raj 11.P.Ramasamy 12.T.Kannu Samy 13.N.Marudachalam 14.S.Chinna Thambi 15.K.Subramaniam 16.V.Chandran 17.V.Louis 18.P.Kaliappan 19.V.Jayabal 20.N.Krishnan 21.K.Sivarajan 22.K.Kandasamy 23.P.Paneer Selvam 24.P.Krishnan 25.T.Sekar 26.V.Murugesan 27.C.Singaram 28.S.Backiyanathan 29.A.Jaganathan 30.T.V.Ramanan 31.R.Purusothaman 32.S.Mani 33.T.Ponnusamy 34.R.Vadivel 35.P.Chinnaraji 36.K.Vellingiri 37.K.N.Kalyanasundaram 38.K.Chinnaraji 39.R.Arulappan 40.M.Sundaram https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 41.C.Mani
42.R.Sundaresan 43.T.Murugan 44.S.Ravirajan 45.M.Natarajan 46.R.Madhuraj 47.S.Sheikh Ismail 48.P.Ramasamy 49.M.M.Chinnasamy 50.S.M.Raman 51.A.Shanmugam 52.K.Palanisamy 53.M.Natarajan 54.K.Sampath 55.P.Subramanian 56.R.Nagaboosanam 57.N.Mani 58.S.Veerappan 59.S.Krishnappa 60.P.Krishnan 61.M.Subramani 62.M.C.Duraisamy 63.V.C.Munusamy 64.G.Ismail 65.N.Munusamy 66.P.Rajendran 67.M.Subramanian 68.A.Thiyagarajan 69.M.Krishnan 70.S.Ravindran 71.K.Selvaraj 72.S.Ravindran 73.T.Jajabalan 74.V.Parthiban 75.V.Veerakumar 76.N.Vishwanathan 77.S.Gnanavel 78.T.Elangovan 79.P.Arunasadesan 80.R.Mohandoss 81.N.Kaliaperumal 82.V.Chandra Sekaran 83.P.Saminathan 84.M.Thiyagarajan 85.J.Nandagopalan 86.V.Kannan 87.P.Murali 88.P.Jayaraman 89.D.Vanninathan 90.C.Gurumoorthi 91.A.Muruganantham 92.R.Selvam 93.P.Rajasekar https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/
94.G.P.Ganesan 95.N.Thippuraj 96.P.R.Gopalan 97.P.Shanmugam 98.D.Martin Raj 99.P.Ramasamy 100. M.Andiyappan 101.N.Seerangan 102.N.Subramanian 103.P.Mariappan 104.K.Murugaiya 105.M.Srinivasan 106.K.Alagarsamy 107.A.Jayaraman 108.R.Paneer Selvam 109.P.Dhanabalan 110.P.Pachimuthu 111.C.Adhimuthu 112.M.Gopinathan 113.S.Jaganathan 114.C.Patchaiyappan 115.T.Nagarajan 116.G.Sugendran 117.P.Govindasamy 118.P.Rajendran 119.R.Palanisamy 120.K.Velayutham 121.V.Kannan 122.A.Dhaskand 123.M.Thangavel Chetty 124.T.Sundaresan 125.S.Kesavan 126.T.V.Shanmugam 127.C.Vengatachalam 128.S.Ramamoorthy 129.P.Baskaran 130.S.Ravichandran 131.S.Ramesh 132.S.Gowrishankar 133.V.Sivagurunathan ... Appellants in W.A.No.745/2017
1.N.Krishnamurthy 2.G.Gajendran 3.D.R.Sundaram 4.R.V.Ravichandran 5.D.Mohan 6.D.Gunasekaran 7.R.Arul Anandan 8.R.Sunder Singh 9.B.Devan 10.P.Penchamin 11.R.Subramaniam https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 12.V.Kabaleeswaran
13.P.Kuppuvelu 14.V.K.Selvaraj 15.P.Pitchandi 16.P.Vinayagam 17.D.Kannan 18.Parasunraman 19.N.Natarajan 20.Sivalingam 21.Surendran 22.M.Shanmugam 23.M.Kalyanaraman 24.P.Chellappan ... Appellants in W.A.No.746/2017 1.S.Ramachandran 2.V.E.Muthu @ Ravichandran 3.P.Srinivasan 4.N.Vishvanathan 5.S.Sundar Rajan 6.S.Sundaram 7.R.Ganesan 8.S.Arumuga Raj 9.A.Gandhimadhi Nathan 10.S.Kasirajan 11.L.Rosemary 12.P.Subramanian 13.S.Saravana Karthikeyan 14.M.Rajapandi 15.R.V.Anandh 16.V.Ravishankar 17.A.S.Shagul Hameed 18.M.Murugan 19.S.Subbiah 20.M.Saminathan 21.M.Chinnappa Raj 22.R.Muthu Krishnan 23.K.Gurunathan 24.A.Mohamed Illyas 25.R.Arjunan 26.G.Balachandar 27.P.Isakki Muthu 28.A.Sankara Kumar 29.A.Muthu Krishnan 30.M.Jayakumar 31.K.Jakangir 32.T.Murugan 33.N.Nobil Lakshmanan 34.M.Vaiyapuri 35.K.Muthu Ramalingam 36.A.Sivasami Pandian 37.T.Iyyappan 38.R.A.Venkateswaran
39.J.Gopalakrishnan https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 40.A.Sivakumar
41.J.Anthony 42.S.M.Thangaraj 43.V.Subramanian 44.J.Abi Raj 45.A.Isrel 46.G.Kannadasan ... Appellants in W.A.No.747/2017
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep by its Secretary, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai – 9.
rep by its Secretary,
Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Fort St.George, Chennai – 9. ... Respondents in all 3 W.As
Appeals filed under Clause 15 of the Letters Patent against the order dated 18.11.2013 made in W.P.Nos.1418, 10974 & 18275 of 2013.
Prayer in W.P.Nos.1418, 10974 & 18275 of 2013:
Writ Petitions filed Under Article 226 of the Constitution of India,to extend appropriate revised scales of pay in so far as Selection Grade and Special Grade Driver to the petitioners are concerned forthwith on the basis of the VI Pay Scale Recommendations (Revised Pay Rules) as ordered in G.O.Ms.No.162 Finance (Pay Cell Department) dated 13.04.1998.
For Appellants : Ms.Jasmine Padma (in all 3 W.As)
For Respondents : Mr.R.U.Dinesh Rajkumar, (in all 3 W.As) Additional Government Pleader
COMMON JUDGMENT
(Judgment was delivered by M.DURAISWAMY, J.)
Ms.Jasmine Padma, learned counsel appearing for the appellants submitted that in view of the order dated 15.04.2021 passed in the Review Application Nos.121 to 129 of 2017, nothing survives for adjudication in the Writ Appeals.
2.Recording the submission made by the learned counsel for the appellants, the Writ Appeals are dismissed as infructuous. No costs.
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Assistant Registrar(CS)
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Sub Assistant Registrar
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To,
1.The State of Tamil Nadu rep by its Secretary, Finance (Pay Cell) Department, Fort St.George, Chennai – 9.
2.The State of Tamil Nadu rep by its Secretary, Personnel and Administrative Reforms, Fort St.George, Chennai – 9. +1 cc to Government Pleader Sr.NO. 64849 W.A.Nos.745 to 747 of 2017 NR(CO) A.SK(30.12.2021)
K.Mani and others
The State of Tamil Nadu
M.DURAISWAMY
J.SATHYA NARAYANA PRASAD
As recorded by the court registry
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