Disposed
R.Thiyagarajan v. The Managing Director
Madras HCWP(MD)/6548/2025
Case brief
AI extract
What is this about?
A Conductor challenged a punishment of deferring his annual increment for one year with cumulative effect imposed for unauthorised absence, seeking alternative employment and salary arrears citing 80% permanent disability. The court held the statutory appeal was available and had not been exhausted, so the writ petition was not maintainable, disposed of it with liberty to file appeal.
What did the court decide?
Petition disposed of with liberty to file statutory appeal before the first respondent within the prescribed period; appellate authority to decide within three months per due process.