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A.Sivakumar v. The Managing Director

Madras HC20 Apr 2026WP/14201/2026

Case brief

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What is this about?

TASMAC; Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation; subsistence allowance; disciplinary proceedings concluded within four weeks; salesman appointment; certiorarified mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; Na.Ka. No.707/2025/A1 dated 30.08.2025; W.P.(MD)Nos.22776 and 22777 of 2025 dated 21.08.2025; Tiruppur; Madras High Court; Justice P.T. Asha; writ petition allowed; no order as to costs.

What did the court decide?

Writ petition allowed as prayed for: the concerned respondent is directed to pay subsistence allowance to the petitioner, if not already paid, strictly in accordance with law, and to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner within four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order; no order as to costs. ¶24

A.Sivakumar Vs The Managing Director — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

What the court decided

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Outcome

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Issue for consideration

Whether the records of the 2nd Respondent in his Proceedings in Na.Ka. No.707/2025/A1 dated 30.08.2025 should be called for and quashed as illegal and in violation of law, and the respondents directed to appoint the petitioner as salesman with all service benefits. +1 more

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Court's answer

The aforesaid common order dated 21.08.2025 in W.P.(MD)Nos.22776 and 22777 of 2025 squarely applies on all fours to the case in hand; accordingly, this writ petition is allowed as prayed for with a direction to the concerned respondent to pay subsistence allowance to the petitioner, if not already paid, strictly in accordance with law.

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Ratio / Principle

The respondents are directed to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order.

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Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

Madras High Court (P.T. Asha, J., 20-04-2026), WP No. 14201 of 2026 - A.Sivakumar v. The Managing Director / The District Manager, The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited (Tiruppur). Filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India seeking a writ of certiorarified mandamus to quash the 2nd Respondent's Proceedings in Na.Ka. No.707/2025/A1 dated 30.08.2025 as illegal and to appoint the petitioner as salesman with all service benefits. Noting that the very same issue had been dealt with by this Court in W.P.(MD)Nos.22776 and 22777 of 2025 (common order dated 21.08.2025, whereby those petitions were disposed of with directions to pay subsistence allowance, if not already paid, strictly in accordance with law and to conclude the disciplinary proceedings within four weeks), the Court held that the common order squarely applies on all fours, allowed this writ petition as prayed for with the same directions, and made no order as to costs.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

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DATED: 20-04-2026

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE P.T. ASHA

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A.Sivakumar

..Petitioner(s)

The Managing Director The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited, Head Office, 4th Floor, CMDA Tower-2, Egmore, Chennai-600 008.

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The District Manager, The Tamil Nadu State Marketing Corporation Limited, Tiruppur District, Tiruppur.

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..Respondent(s)

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PRAYER : Writ Petition has been filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a writ of certiorarified mandamus to call for the records of the 2nd Respondent in his Proceedings in Na.Ka. No.707/ 2025/A1 dated 30.08.2025 and quash the same as illegal, violation of law and further direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as an salesman, with all service benefits within the stipulated time.

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For Petitioner(s): Mr.M.Jothi Basu For Respondent(s): Mr.M.Sekar, Standing Counsel

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ORDER

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The petition has been filed to call for the records of the 2nd Respondent

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in his Proceedings in Na.Ka. No.707/ 2025/A1 dated 30.08.2025 and quash the same as illegal, violation of law and further, direct the respondents to appoint the petitioner as an salesman, with all service benefits within the stipulated time.

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When the matter is taken up for hearing, it is brought to the notice of this Court that the very same issue involved in this writ petition has been dealt by this Court in writ petition in W.P.(MD)Nos.22776 and 22777 of 2025 dated 21.08.2025, wherein, it is observed as follows:

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“5. In view of the above decision and considering the submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner, these writ petitions are disposed of with a direction to the concerned respondent to pay subsistence allowance to the petitioner, if not already paid, strictly in accordance with law and further directed to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs. Consequently, the connected miscellaneous petition is closed. ”

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The aforesaid common order dated 21.08.2025 squarely applies on all

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fours to the case in hand and therefore, this writ petition is allowed as prayed for with a direction to the concerned respondent to pay subsistence allowance to the petitioner, if not already paid, strictly in accordance with law and further

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directed to conclude the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner, within a period of four weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. There shall be no order as to costs.

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P.T.ASHA, J.