IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 21-01-2010 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition Nos.11961 of 2006, 8620 of 2006, 8951 of 2006, 35449 of 2006, 12645 of 2006, 24989 of 2006, 38276 of 2006 and 6396 of 2007 of 2010 and W.P.MP.Nos.13581 of 2006, 9586 of 2006, 9908 of 2006 and 14231 of 2006 and M.P.Nos.1 of 2006 and 2 of 2006 W.P.No.11961 of 2006 1.D.Rajappa 2.M.Sambandam 3.M.Balamurugan 4.S.K.Kumarasamy 5.P.Royar 6.V.Rajendran 7.S.Azhahan 8.M.R.Sethurathinam 9.J.Sugavanam 10.K.Daniel 11.J.Sundersingh .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.8620 of 2006
1.K.R.Subramanian
2.B.Sundaresan
3.P.Shanmugam
4.R.Venkatasubramanian
5.R.Sridhar Rao
6.A.Subramanian
7.D.Yamunadoss
8.R.Seshadri
9.R.S.Kailasam
10.P.Padmanabhan Adiyodi
11.L.John Joseph
12.S.Suriyanarayanan
13.P.Sathyanathan
14.N.Ramamurthy
15.G.Venkatasubramanian
16.R.Pichamoorthy
17.V.Rajasekaran
18.D.Krishnaswamy
19.A.Krishnan
20.R.Varadharajulu
21.R.Charukasadesikan
22.R.Ganapathi Venkataraman
23.R.Bakthavathsalu
24.R.Ramakrishnan
25.C.Subbiah
26.C.S.Sankaranarayanan
27.E.S.Ganapathi Subramaniam
28.A.M.Chakkochen
29.S.Ranganathan
30.N.Muthusubramanian
31.V.Vasanthakumari
32.G.Gopalakrishna Kurup
33.S.Manickam
34.R.Purushothaman
35.K.Parthasarathy
36.A.Ganesan
37.T.P.Arumugam
38.T.D.Gopalakrishnan
39.J.Senthilkumar
40.K.Damodaradu
41.V.Vinayakam
42.V.Rangarao
43.N.Thillainayagam
44.S.Manickam
45.K.Kabali
46.R.Pichai
47.V.L.Narayanamurthy
48.N.R.Natarajan
49.B.V.Subramaniam
50.S.Subbulakshmi
51.K.Subramaniam
52.S.Rajmoney
53.M.V.Ranganathan
54.G.Anandaraj
55.M.Vilvanathan
56.K.Mangali
57.D.Dharman
58.Abdul Wahid Shakir
59.K.Gururajan
60.M.Manickam
61.M.Lingesan
62.D.G.Arokiadoss
63.S.Gowri
64.K.Bakthavatsalam
65.T.Kannabiran
66.M.S.Ramakoty
67.V.Govindarajan
68.B.Venkatesan
69.M.Diraviam
70.N.Narasimhan
71.G.Sundaramurthy
72.R.Rathinappa
73.K.Sundalaimuthu
74.K.H.Jayalakshmi
75.A.Sundaram
76.E.Ganesan
77.M.Dharmarajan
78.K.Venkatasubramanian
79.R.Varadarajan
80.K.Rajagopalan
81.S.Venkataramani
82.V.Ramachandran
83.S.Selvaganapathy
84.K.V.Venugopal
85.V.Swaminathan
86.A.Krishnan
87.N.Kuppaih
88.C.V.Narasimhan
89.S.P.Shanmuga Sundaram
90.I.Irulappan
91.K.Somalinga Athamarao
92.P.K.Janakiraman
93.M.Rajakesavan
94.O.V.Desikachari
95.T.K.Ramalingam
96.V.Raghavendran
97.B.Kalyanaraman
98.M.Naganathan
99.M.Vallinayam
100.P.K.Muthuswami
101.D.Venkataswamy
102.N.Devarajan
103.K.Govindan
104.G.Angamuthu
105.R.Muthukrishnan
106.P.Narayanan
107.M.Govindan
108.M.Muthukrishnan
109.B.G.Arthanari
110.N.R.Subramanian
111.M.Ameer John
112.P.Palanisamy
113.R.Madhavan
114.P.G.Devarajulu
115.M.Selvarajan
116.P.Muthian
117.T.Jeganathan
118.A.G.Basheer Ahamed
119.R.Lakshminarayan
120.N.Srinivasan
121.C.Arumugam
122.I.A.Salahudeen
123.S.Nethirasigamani
124.P.Nagappan
125.G.Thirugnanasambandam
126.C.S.Sundaram
127.C.Palaniswami
128.A.S.Adam
129.K.Ramanathan
130.T.R.Ramabadran
131.K.Muniyandi
132.M.K.Srinivasan
133.B.Jagannathan
134.K.Sarangan
135.M.Jayaraman
136.S.K.Raju
137.C.Appavoo .. Petitioners
Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.8951 of 2006
1.P.Jayaraman
2.P.S.Sundara Murthy
3.P.Seetharaman
4.M.Ranganathan
5.P.Thiyagarajan
6.G.Loganathan
7.A.Krishnan
8.R.Nirmala
9.S.Jayam
10.V.Rukmani Vijayaraghavan
11.C.N.Rukmani
12.K.Raman
13.K.Balasubramaniam
14.S.Rajamani
15.C.S.Sundaram
16.C.Palaniswami
17.M.Ananthanarayan
18.P.Dhandapani
19.A.Rajamanickam .. Petitioners
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9.
2.The Secretary to Government,
Industries Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.35449 of 2006
K.T.Perumal .. Petitioner
Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.12645 of 2006
1.M.Ramarathinam
2.K.Sambandam
3.M.Balamurugan
4.P.Royar
5.S.K.Kumarasamy
6.S.Mahalingam
7.K.Swaminathan
8.S.Subramanian
9.P.Ayyanar
10.M.Durairaj
11.R.Divakaran
12.S.Shanmugam
13.A.Vaiyapuri
14.M.Selvarajan
15.P.Ramaraj
16.P.Loganathan
17.R.Rukmani .. Petitioners
Vs.
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9.
2.The Secretary to Government,
Industries Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondents
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.24989 of 2006
1.S.Kannan
2.R.Rajasekaran
3.N.T.Vedavalli
4.S.Nagamani
5.R.Narayanan
6.T.N.Radhakrishnamoorthy
7.M.Rajamanickam
8.V.K.Sornam
9.K.Ramalingam
10.T.S.Gopalakrishnan
11.V.T.Shantharam
12.S.Radhakrishnan
13.A.Lurthsamy .. Petitioners
Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.38276 of 2006
1.P.Viswanathan
2.C.D.Devasenan
3.M.T.Ramamurthy
4.P.Sundaresan
5.A.Manickaraj
6.G.Sundaram
7.R.Venkatachalam
8.N.Kannayaram
9.C.K.Annamalai
10.M.Palanivelu
11.Arifuddin
12.S.Surulivelu
13.Velgian Fernando
14.P.Joseph Antony
15.P.N.Anandan .. Petitioners
Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
W.P.No.6396 of 2007
1.T.Subramanya
2.P.Ramraj
3.B.Paramasivam
4.R.Kannan
5.P.S.Somasundaram
6.K.S.Pavithran
7.N.Parthasarathy
8.Syed Yaseen
9.P.N.Balasundaram
10.A.Jayaseelan
11.K.Sundaresan .. Petitioners
Vs.
The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9. .. Respondent
Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules.
For Petitioners
in all W.Ps : Mr.M.Subramaniam
For Respondents
in all W.Ps : Mr.S.Gopinathan
Additional Government Pleader
COMMON ORDER
Heard the learned counsels appearing for the petitioners, as well as the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents.
2. At this stage of the hearing of the writ petitions, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners had submitted that it would suffice, if this Court is pleased to permit the petitioners to make representations to the respondents, with regard to the reliefs sought for in the writ petitions, within a specified period and on such representation being made, the respondents are directed to dispose of the same, on merits and in accordance with law, within a specified period.
3. The learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents, has no objection for such an order being passed by this Court.
4. In view of the limited relief sought for by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners without going into the merits of the case, the petitioners are permitted to make representations to the respondents, with regard to the reliefs sought for in the present writ petitions, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of such representations, the respondents are directed to dispose of the same, on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of four months thereafter. The petitioners are directed to furnish copies of the representations to the respondents, along with a copy of this order.
5. Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of, with the above directions. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.
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To
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
Fort St. George, Chennai 9.
2.The Secretary to Government,
Industries Department,
Fort St. George,
Chennai 9