T.Natarajan v. State of Tamil Nadu
Case brief
What is this about?
Dismissal of writ petitions by retired Panchayat Clerks seeking revised pension and retirement benefits by counting 50% of Panchayat Clerk service; quashal sought of modification in patta 4(a) and (b) of G.O.Ms.No.77 Rural Development (PA-4) Department dated 12.07.2013; Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus under Article 226; arrears of pension difference with interest; petitions held covered by Division Bench decision in The State of Tamil Nadu vs. A. Chidambaram, W.A.No.1569 of 2026 (batch, decided 23.06.2026), where Single Judges' orders were set aside; writ petitions dismissed without costs; connected WMPs closed; State of Tamil Nadu Rural Development and Panchayat Raj Department; Madras High Court; T. Vinod Kumar, J.
What did the court decide?
As counsel on both sides agreed that the present writ petitions involve a question similar to the one considered by the Hon'ble Division Bench in A. Chidambaram, this Court held that the case of the petitioners in the present writ petitions is also covered by that Division Bench decision.