T.J.Murugan Vs The Principal Secretary to Government

selection grade & special grade pay to the petitioner in the post of Road Inspector Grade I by counting the period of service rendered by the petitioner in the post of Road Inspector Grade II and consequentially, refix the pension of the petitioner with all consequential service and monetary benefits.

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For Petitioner : Mr.R.Prem Narayan

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For Respondents : Mr.T.Chezhiyan, AGP

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ORDER

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This Writ Petition has been filed to direct the respondents to award

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selection grade & special grade pay to the petitioner in the post of Road Inspector Grade I by counting the period of service rendered by the petitioner in the post of Road Inspector Grade II and consequentially, refix the pension of the petitioner with all consequential service and monetary benefits.

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2. Heard Mr.R.Prem Narayan, learned counsel for the petitioner,

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Mr.T.Chezhiyan, learned Additional Government Pleader for the respondents and perused the materials available on record.

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3. The petitioner was initially appointed as Road Inspector on

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09.07.1965. The petitioner's services were regularised in the said post with effect from 24.11.1970. Thereafter, the post of Road Inspector was categorised as Road Inspector Grade - I and Grade - II. Under the flexible complimenting scheme on completion of 10 years of service after provincialisation, the petitioner was promoted as Road Inspector Grade - I with effect from 24.11.1980. The petitioner was granted with selection grade in the post of Road Inspector Grade - I with effect from 24.11.1990 and on further completion of 10 years of service, he was redesignated as Special Grade Road Inspector Grade - I on 24.11.2000. He retired from service as on 31.03.2002.

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4. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as per the Government Order issued in G.O.Ms.No.210, P & AR Department dated 11.03.1987, the selection grade in the post of Road Inspector Grade - I should be granted by counting the service rendered in the selection grade Road Inspector Grade - II. As the said benefit was not given to the petitioner, he has given a representation to the respondents in this regard.

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Since no order has been passed in the said representation, the petitioner is before this Court.

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5. The simple claim made by the petitioner is that the scale of pay for selection grade for the post of Road Inspector Grade - II is equal to the starting pay of the Road Inspector Grade - I. G.O.Ms.No.210 dated 11.03.1987 would stipulate that for granting selection grade in the post of Road Inspector Grade - I, the service rendered in the cadre of selection grade Road Inspector Grade - II should also be included.

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6. As the Government Order is specific in this regard and the communication has also been issued to all the Divisional Engineers by the Chief Engineer Highways Department on 11.12.2014 by stating the same, the respondents ought to have considered the representation of the petitioner. As the petitioner's representation did not evoke any response from the respondents so far and the order passed, if any, by the respondents on the representation of the petitioner would have an impact on the retirement benefits of the petitioner, I feel it is appropriate to issue

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a suitable direction to the second respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner and pass appropriate orders at the earliest.

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7. In view of the above stated reasons, this Writ Petition is allowed. The second respondent is directed to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 22.08.2018 and pass appropriate orders within a

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period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. No costs.

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Index : Yes /No 17.03.2025 Speaking / Non-speaking Neutral Citation : Yes / No gsk

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R.N.MANJULA, J.