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B.Babu v. The Secretary to Government

Madras HC21 Aug 2025WP/3156/2022

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Writ petition dismissed as withdrawn - Madras High Court, 21.08.2025, Justice T.Vinod Kumar; W.P.No.3156 of 2022 and W.M.P.No.3314 of 2022; petitioners sought regularisation of services and regular scale of pay from 06.10.2001 per G.O.Ms.No.71 (Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department) dated 05.05.1998, relying on order in Rev.Appl.No.254 of 2015 in W.P.(MD).No.1083 of 2012 dated 30.05.2017; respondents had regularised services vide Letter Na.Ka.No.2166/2023/H-1 dated 12.08.2024; counsel endorsement; Article 226; no costs; connected miscellaneous petition closed.

What did the court decide?

Permission to withdraw the writ petition accepted; petition dismissed as withdrawn, no costs, and the connected miscellaneous petition closed. ¶24

B.Babu Vs The Secretary to Government — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2025)

What the court decided

AI extract

Outcome

Permission to withdraw the writ petition accepted; petition dismissed as withdrawn, no costs, and the connected miscellaneous petition closed.

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Issue for consideration

Whether the respondents should regularise the petitioners' services and bring them into the regular scale of pay with effect from the date of completion of 3 years of service, i.e., from 06.10.2001, as per G.O.Ms.No.71 (Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department) dated 05.05.1998, with consequential monetary and service benefits, in the light of the order in Rev.Appl.No.254 of 2015 in W.P.(MD).No.1083 of 2012 dated 30.05.2017, within a time frame fixed by the Court.

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Ratio / Principle

In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners that the respondents had already regularised the petitioners' services vide Letter Na.Ka.No.2166/2023/H-1 dated 12.08.2024, this Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, imposed no costs, and closed the connected miscellaneous petition.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (T. Vinod Kumar, J.), W.P.No.3156 of 2022 and W.M.P.No.3314 of 2022, decided 21.08.2025: Fourteen petitioners had filed a writ petition under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a mandamus directing the respondents (Secretary, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department; Commissioner of Municipal Administration; Commissioner, Sathyamangalam Municipality, Erode District) to regularise their services and bring them into the regular scale of pay with effect from 06.10.2001 (date of completion of 3 years of service) as per G.O.Ms.No.71 (Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department) dated 05.05.1998, with consequential monetary and service benefits, in the light of the order in Rev.Appl.No.254 of 2015 in W.P.(MD).No.1083 of 2012 dated 30.05.2017. Counsel submitted that the respondents had regularised the petitioners' services vide Letter Na.Ka.No.2166/2023/H-1 dated 12.08.2024 and sought permission to withdraw the petition, making an endorsement accordingly. The Court dismissed the writ petition as withdrawn, imposed no costs, and closed the connected miscellaneous petition.

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W.P.No.3156 of 2022

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED : 21.08.2025

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CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE T.VINOD KUMAR W.P.No.3156 of 2022 and W.M.P.No.3314 of 2022

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1.B.Babu

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C.Palanisamy 3.A.Ramasamy

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4.M.Rangan 5.P.Arumugam 6.G.Munusamy 7.C.Sarasu 8.C.Pathra 9.B.Nagaraj 10.V.Thulasimani 11.R.Karuppusamy 12.R.Pannammal 13.R.Muniammal 14.P.Palani .. Petitioners

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1.The Secretary to Government Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department Fort St.George, Chennai 600 009.

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2.The Commissioner of Municipal Administration, Chepauk, Chennai 600 005.

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3.The Commissioner Sathyamangalam Municipality Sathyamangalam, Erode District. … Respondents

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Prayer : Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondents to regularize

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the services of the petitioners and bring them into the regular scale of pay with effect from the date of completion of 3 years of service i.e., from 06.10.2001 as per the G.O.Ms.No.71 (Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department) dated 05.05.1998 with all consequential monetary and service benefits, in the light of the order made by this Court in Rev.Appl.No.254 of 2015 in W.P.(MD).No.1083 of 2012 dated 30.05.2017 within a time frame fixed by this Court.

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For Petitioners : Mr.K.A.Mariappan

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For Respondents : Mr.M.R.Gokul Krishnan for R1 and R2 Additional Government Pleader Mr.B.Anand for R3

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O R D E R

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Mr.K.A.Mariappan, the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners

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submits that the respondents have regularised the services of the petitioners vide Letter in Na.Ka.No.2166/2023/H-1 dated 12.08.2024 and hence, he

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seeks permission of this Court to withdraw the case. He also made an endorsement to that effect.

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In view of the submission and endorsement made by the learned

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counsel appearing for the petitioners, this writ petition is dismissed as withdrawn. No costs. Consequently connected miscellaneous petition is closed.

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