{"id":16750,"date":"2010-01-21T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2010-01-20T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/d-rajappa-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-21-january-2010"},"modified":"2016-09-10T09:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-09-10T04:04:32","slug":"d-rajappa-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-21-january-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/d-rajappa-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-21-january-2010","title":{"rendered":"D.Rajappa vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 21 January, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"
Madras High Court<\/div>\n
D.Rajappa vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 21 January, 2010<\/div>\n
       \n\n  \n\n  \n\n \n \n IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS\n\nDATE: 21-01-2010\n\nCORAM\n\nTHE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN\n\nWrit 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\nand\nW.P.MP.Nos.13581 of 2006, 9586 of 2006, 9908 of 2006 and 14231 of 2006\nand\nM.P.Nos.1 of 2006 and 2 of 2006\n\n\nW.P.No.11961 of 2006\n\n1.D.Rajappa\n2.M.Sambandam\n3.M.Balamurugan\n4.S.K.Kumarasamy\n5.P.Royar\n6.V.Rajendran\n7.S.Azhahan\n8.M.R.Sethurathinam\n9.J.Sugavanam\n10.K.Daniel\n11.J.Sundersingh\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners\n\nVs.\n\nThe State of Tamil Nadu\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent <\/pre>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.8620 of 2006<\/p>\n
1.K.R.Subramanian\n<\/p>\n
2.B.Sundaresan\n<\/p>\n
3.P.Shanmugam\n<\/p>\n
4.R.Venkatasubramanian\n<\/p>\n
5.R.Sridhar Rao\n<\/p>\n
6.A.Subramanian\n<\/p>\n
7.D.Yamunadoss\n<\/p>\n
8.R.Seshadri\n<\/p>\n
9.R.S.Kailasam\n<\/p>\n
10.P.Padmanabhan Adiyodi\n<\/p>\n
11.L.John Joseph\n<\/p>\n
12.S.Suriyanarayanan\n<\/p>\n
13.P.Sathyanathan\n<\/p>\n
14.N.Ramamurthy\n<\/p>\n
15.G.Venkatasubramanian\n<\/p>\n
16.R.Pichamoorthy\n<\/p>\n
17.V.Rajasekaran\n<\/p>\n
18.D.Krishnaswamy\n<\/p>\n
19.A.Krishnan\n<\/p>\n
20.R.Varadharajulu\n<\/p>\n
21.R.Charukasadesikan\n<\/p>\n
22.R.Ganapathi Venkataraman\n<\/p>\n
23.R.Bakthavathsalu\n<\/p>\n
24.R.Ramakrishnan\n<\/p>\n
25.C.Subbiah\n<\/p>\n
26.C.S.Sankaranarayanan\n<\/p>\n
27.E.S.Ganapathi Subramaniam\n<\/p>\n
28.A.M.Chakkochen\n<\/p>\n
29.S.Ranganathan\n<\/p>\n
30.N.Muthusubramanian\n<\/p>\n
31.V.Vasanthakumari\n<\/p>\n
32.G.Gopalakrishna Kurup\n<\/p>\n
33.S.Manickam\n<\/p>\n
34.R.Purushothaman\n<\/p>\n
35.K.Parthasarathy\n<\/p>\n
36.A.Ganesan\n<\/p>\n
37.T.P.Arumugam\n<\/p>\n
38.T.D.Gopalakrishnan\n<\/p>\n
39.J.Senthilkumar\n<\/p>\n
40.K.Damodaradu\n<\/p>\n
41.V.Vinayakam\n<\/p>\n
42.V.Rangarao\n<\/p>\n
43.N.Thillainayagam\n<\/p>\n
44.S.Manickam\n<\/p>\n
45.K.Kabali\n<\/p>\n
46.R.Pichai\n<\/p>\n
47.V.L.Narayanamurthy\n<\/p>\n
48.N.R.Natarajan\n<\/p>\n
49.B.V.Subramaniam\n<\/p>\n
50.S.Subbulakshmi\n<\/p>\n
51.K.Subramaniam\n<\/p>\n
52.S.Rajmoney\n<\/p>\n
53.M.V.Ranganathan\n<\/p>\n
54.G.Anandaraj\n<\/p>\n
55.M.Vilvanathan\n<\/p>\n
56.K.Mangali\n<\/p>\n
57.D.Dharman\n<\/p>\n
58.Abdul Wahid Shakir\n<\/p>\n
59.K.Gururajan\n<\/p>\n
60.M.Manickam\n<\/p>\n
61.M.Lingesan\n<\/p>\n
62.D.G.Arokiadoss\n<\/p>\n
63.S.Gowri\n<\/p>\n
64.K.Bakthavatsalam\n<\/p>\n
65.T.Kannabiran\n<\/p>\n
66.M.S.Ramakoty\n<\/p>\n
67.V.Govindarajan\n<\/p>\n
68.B.Venkatesan\n<\/p>\n
69.M.Diraviam\n<\/p>\n
70.N.Narasimhan\n<\/p>\n
71.G.Sundaramurthy\n<\/p>\n
72.R.Rathinappa\n<\/p>\n
73.K.Sundalaimuthu\n<\/p>\n
74.K.H.Jayalakshmi\n<\/p>\n
75.A.Sundaram\n<\/p>\n
76.E.Ganesan\n<\/p>\n
77.M.Dharmarajan\n<\/p>\n
78.K.Venkatasubramanian\n<\/p>\n
79.R.Varadarajan\n<\/p>\n
80.K.Rajagopalan\n<\/p>\n
81.S.Venkataramani\n<\/p>\n
82.V.Ramachandran\n<\/p>\n
83.S.Selvaganapathy\n<\/p>\n
84.K.V.Venugopal\n<\/p>\n
85.V.Swaminathan\n<\/p>\n
86.A.Krishnan\n<\/p>\n
87.N.Kuppaih\n<\/p>\n
88.C.V.Narasimhan\n<\/p>\n
89.S.P.Shanmuga Sundaram\n<\/p>\n
90.I.Irulappan\n<\/p>\n
91.K.Somalinga Athamarao\n<\/p>\n
92.P.K.Janakiraman\n<\/p>\n
93.M.Rajakesavan\n<\/p>\n
94.O.V.Desikachari\n<\/p>\n
95.T.K.Ramalingam\n<\/p>\n
96.V.Raghavendran\n<\/p>\n
97.B.Kalyanaraman\n<\/p>\n
98.M.Naganathan\n<\/p>\n
99.M.Vallinayam\n<\/p>\n
100.P.K.Muthuswami\n<\/p>\n
101.D.Venkataswamy\n<\/p>\n
102.N.Devarajan\n<\/p>\n
103.K.Govindan\n<\/p>\n
104.G.Angamuthu\n<\/p>\n
105.R.Muthukrishnan\n<\/p>\n
106.P.Narayanan\n<\/p>\n
107.M.Govindan\n<\/p>\n
108.M.Muthukrishnan\n<\/p>\n
109.B.G.Arthanari\n<\/p>\n
110.N.R.Subramanian\n<\/p>\n
111.M.Ameer John\n<\/p>\n
112.P.Palanisamy\n<\/p>\n
113.R.Madhavan\n<\/p>\n
114.P.G.Devarajulu\n<\/p>\n
115.M.Selvarajan\n<\/p>\n
116.P.Muthian\n<\/p>\n
117.T.Jeganathan\n<\/p>\n
118.A.G.Basheer Ahamed\n<\/p>\n
119.R.Lakshminarayan\n<\/p>\n
120.N.Srinivasan\n<\/p>\n
121.C.Arumugam\n<\/p>\n
122.I.A.Salahudeen\n<\/p>\n
123.S.Nethirasigamani\n<\/p>\n
124.P.Nagappan\n<\/p>\n
125.G.Thirugnanasambandam\n<\/p>\n
126.C.S.Sundaram\n<\/p>\n
127.C.Palaniswami\n<\/p>\n
128.A.S.Adam\n<\/p>\n
129.K.Ramanathan\n<\/p>\n
130.T.R.Ramabadran\n<\/p>\n
131.K.Muniyandi\n<\/p>\n
132.M.K.Srinivasan\n<\/p>\n
133.B.Jagannathan\n<\/p>\n
134.K.Sarangan\n<\/p>\n
135.M.Jayaraman\n<\/p>\n
136.S.K.Raju\n<\/p>\n
137.C.Appavoo\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
The State of Tamil Nadu
\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,
\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,
\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent <\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.8951 of 2006<\/p>\n
1.P.Jayaraman\n<\/p>\n
2.P.S.Sundara Murthy\n<\/p>\n
3.P.Seetharaman\n<\/p>\n
4.M.Ranganathan\n<\/p>\n
5.P.Thiyagarajan\n<\/p>\n
6.G.Loganathan\n<\/p>\n
7.A.Krishnan\n<\/p>\n
8.R.Nirmala\n<\/p>\n
9.S.Jayam\n<\/p>\n
10.V.Rukmani Vijayaraghavan\n<\/p>\n
11.C.N.Rukmani\n<\/p>\n
12.K.Raman\n<\/p>\n
13.K.Balasubramaniam\n<\/p>\n
14.S.Rajamani\n<\/p>\n
15.C.S.Sundaram\n<\/p>\n
16.C.Palaniswami\n<\/p>\n
17.M.Ananthanarayan\n<\/p>\n
18.P.Dhandapani\n<\/p>\n
19.A.Rajamanickam\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
\n   Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
\n   Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\n<\/p>\n
2.The Secretary to Government,
\n   Industries Department,
\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondents<\/p>\n
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.<\/p>\n
W.P.No.35449 of 2006<\/p>\n
K.T.Perumal\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioner<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
The State of Tamil Nadu
\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,
\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,
\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.12645 of 2006<\/p>\n
1.M.Ramarathinam\n<\/p>\n
2.K.Sambandam\n<\/p>\n
3.M.Balamurugan\n<\/p>\n
4.P.Royar\n<\/p>\n
5.S.K.Kumarasamy\n<\/p>\n
6.S.Mahalingam\n<\/p>\n
7.K.Swaminathan\n<\/p>\n
8.S.Subramanian\n<\/p>\n
9.P.Ayyanar\n<\/p>\n
10.M.Durairaj\n<\/p>\n
11.R.Divakaran\n<\/p>\n
12.S.Shanmugam\n<\/p>\n
13.A.Vaiyapuri\n<\/p>\n
14.M.Selvarajan\n<\/p>\n
15.P.Ramaraj\n<\/p>\n
16.P.Loganathan\n<\/p>\n
17.R.Rukmani\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
\n   Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
\n   Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\n<\/p>\n
2.The Secretary to Government,
\n   Industries Department,
\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondents<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.24989 of 2006<\/p>\n
1.S.Kannan\n<\/p>\n
2.R.Rajasekaran\n<\/p>\n
3.N.T.Vedavalli\n<\/p>\n
4.S.Nagamani\n<\/p>\n
5.R.Narayanan\n<\/p>\n
6.T.N.Radhakrishnamoorthy\n<\/p>\n
7.M.Rajamanickam\n<\/p>\n
8.V.K.Sornam\n<\/p>\n
9.K.Ramalingam\n<\/p>\n
10.T.S.Gopalakrishnan\n<\/p>\n
11.V.T.Shantharam\n<\/p>\n
12.S.Radhakrishnan\n<\/p>\n
13.A.Lurthsamy\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
The State of Tamil Nadu
\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,
\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,
\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.38276 of 2006<\/p>\n
1.P.Viswanathan\n<\/p>\n
2.C.D.Devasenan\n<\/p>\n
3.M.T.Ramamurthy\n<\/p>\n
4.P.Sundaresan\n<\/p>\n
5.A.Manickaraj\n<\/p>\n
6.G.Sundaram\n<\/p>\n
7.R.Venkatachalam\n<\/p>\n
8.N.Kannayaram\n<\/p>\n
9.C.K.Annamalai\n<\/p>\n
10.M.Palanivelu\n<\/p>\n
11.Arifuddin\n<\/p>\n
12.S.Surulivelu\n<\/p>\n
13.Velgian Fernando\n<\/p>\n
14.P.Joseph Antony\n<\/p>\n
15.P.N.Anandan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
The State of Tamil Nadu
\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,
\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,
\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent<\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
W.P.No.6396 of 2007<\/p>\n
1.T.Subramanya\n<\/p>\n
2.P.Ramraj\n<\/p>\n
3.B.Paramasivam\n<\/p>\n
4.R.Kannan\n<\/p>\n
5.P.S.Somasundaram\n<\/p>\n
6.K.S.Pavithran\n<\/p>\n
7.N.Parthasarathy\n<\/p>\n
8.Syed Yaseen\n<\/p>\n
9.P.N.Balasundaram\n<\/p>\n
10.A.Jayaseelan\n<\/p>\n
11.K.Sundaresan\t\t\t\t\t\t\t.. Petitioners<\/p>\n
Vs.\n<\/p>\n
The State of Tamil Nadu
\nRep. By the Secretary to Government,
\nFinance (D.P.E.) Department,
\nFort St. George, Chennai  9.\t\t\t\t.. Respondent <\/p>\n
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.\n<\/p>\n
\t\tFor Petitioners
\n\t\tin all W.Ps\t\t: \tMr.M.Subramaniam <\/p>\n
\t\tFor Respondents
\n\t\tin all W.Ps\t\t:  \tMr.S.Gopinathan
\n\t\t\t\t\t\tAdditional Government Pleader<\/p>\n
COMMON ORDER<\/p>\n
\tHeard the learned counsels appearing for the petitioners, as well as the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents.\n<\/p>\n
\t2.  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.\n<\/p>\n
\t3. The learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents, has no objection for such an order being passed by this Court.\n<\/p>\n
\t4. 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.\n<\/p>\n
\t5. Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of, with the above directions. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed.\n<\/p>\n
cse<\/p>\n
To<\/p>\n
1.The State of Tamil Nadu
\n   Rep. By the Secretary to Government,
\n   Finance (D.P.E.) Department,
\n   Fort St. George, Chennai  9.\n<\/p>\n
2.The Secretary to Government,
\n   Industries Department,
\n   Fort St. George,
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Madras High Court D.Rajappa vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 21 January, 2010 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 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-high-court","category-madras-high-court"],"yoast_head":"\nD.Rajappa vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 21 January, 2010 - Free Judgements of Supreme Court & High Court | Legal India<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/d-rajappa-vs-the-state-of-tamil-nadu-on-21-january-2010\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"D.Rajappa vs The State Of Tamil Nadu on 21 January, 2010 - 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