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Perumal G v. The Principal Accountant General

Madras HC2 Mar 2026WP(MD)/4973/2023

Case brief

AI extract

What is this about?

Pay scale revision; Middle School Headmaster Selection Grade; Special Grade; with effect from 01.06.1988; representation dated 28.02.2022; writ of Mandamus; Article 226 Constitution of India; Tamil Nadu school education department; Virudhunagar district; death of petitioner during pendency; abatement of writ petition; legal representatives not brought on record; Full Bench Government of Tamil Nadu Vs. G. Eswaran 2017(1) CWC 561; dismissed as abated; no costs; Mumineni Sudheer Kumar, J.; Madurai Bench of Madras High Court; W.P(MD) No.4973 of 2023.

What did the court decide?

The Writ Petition is dismissed as abated, with no costs, in view of the death of the petitioner and learned counsel's expressed inability to bring the legal representatives on record. ¶32

Perumal G Vs The Principal Accountant General — Writ and Judicial Review | Madras HC (2026)

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W.P(MD) No.4973 of 2023

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BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

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Dated : 02.03.2026

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CORAM

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THE HON'BLE MR.JUSTICE MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR

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G.Perumal ... Petitioner

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1.The Principal Accountant General, Accounts and Entitlement, Tamil Nadu, 361, Anna Salai, Chennai 600 018

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2.The Director of School Education, College Road, Nungambakkam, Chennai – 06.

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3.The Chief Educational Officer Office of the Chief Educational Officer, Virudhunagar District.

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4.The District Educational Officer, Office of the District Educational Officer, Virudhunagar District.

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5.The Treasury Officer Office of the Treasury Officer, Virudhunagar District.

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6.The Headmaster Government Higher Secondary School, Veerapatti - Appayanaikenpatti, Virudhunagar Taluk and District. ... Respondents

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PRAYER: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of

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India, praying this Court to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to revise the Scale of Pay of Rs.10,500/- by revising the Scale of Pay on par with the Middle School Headmaster Selection Grade and Special Grade of Pay with effect from 01.06.1988 by consider the representation of the petitioner dated 28.02.2022.

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For Petitioner : Mr.Ramsundarvijayraj For Respondents : Mrs.S.Kahalakshmi – for R1 Standing counsel N.Satheeshkumar, - for R2 to R6 Additional Government Pleader

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ORDER

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This writ petition has been filed seeking a writ of Mandamus

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directing the respondents to revise the Scale of Pay of Rs.10,500/- by revising the Scale of Pay on par with the Middle School Headmaster Selection Grade and Special Grade of Pay with effect from 01.06.1988 by considering the representation of the petitioner, dated 28.02.2022.

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2. When the matter is taken up for consideration today, Mr.N.Satheeshkumar, learned Additional Government Pleader submitted that the issue raised in the present writ petition is covered by the Full Bench of this Court in the case of Government of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Principal Secretary, School Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai Vs. G. Eswaran and others reported in 2017(1) CWC – 561 .

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3. On the other hand, the learned Counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner is no more and he is not in a position to reach out the legal representatives of the deceased petitioner and expressed his inability to file appropriate application.

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4. In this circumstances, this Writ Petition is dismissed as

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abated. No costs.

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