Justice N.Senthilkumar

The State of Tamil Nadu v. M.Narayannan

The Madras High Court held that the benefit under the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 of counting 50% of temporary service as qualifying service is confined to a whole-time job and is not…

Government Of Tamil Nadu v. R.Muthusami

Allowing the State's intra-court appeal, the Madras High Court held that where a Steno-typist Grade-III is appointed as Assistant by transfer of service on exercising an option, seniority…

K. Karthikesan v. ICICI Bank Limited

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court dismissed two intra-court appeals by bank employees claiming pension, holding that a writ petition under Article 226 is not maintainable against a…

The Secretary to Government v. L. Mageswaran

A Division Bench of the Madras High Court set aside a writ order directing retrospective regularisation of a daily wage employee engaged on the Nominal Muster Roll, holding that…

1.B.Unnamalai 2.V.Suganthi 3.K.Ramesh v. 1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By its Principal Secretary to Government Human Resources Development Department Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009

The Madras High Court dismissed a Writ Appeal challenging a teachers' recruitment selection list, holding that the challenge was barred by delay and laches since it was filed years after…

3.S.Selvaraj 4.M.Govindarajulu 5.S.Girija 6.N.Subramani 7.A.Chandralega 8.Y.Devendiran v. 1.The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By its Principal Secretary to Government Human Resources Development Department Fort St. George, Chennai – 600 009

The Madras High Court dismissed a writ appeal challenging a 2022 selection list for Block Educational Officers, holding that the appellants, who filed their writ petition years after the…

S.Theerthagiri v. C.Muthukumaran

Where the tainted candidates in a competitive examination can be identified, only they are debarred and the whole selection need not be cancelled. The Madras High Court left the Health…

The Divisional Personnel Officer, Southern Railway, Salem v. The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal, Chennai

The three financial upgradations under the MACP Scheme run from the direct entry grade on 10, 20 and 30 years of service, and the clause ignoring earlier promotions applies only to pay…

P.Ashok Nataraja Additional Superintendent of Police, A1/6, AC Quarters, 3rd Avenue, Anna Nagar, Chennai-600 040 v. 1. The State of Tamil Nadu By its Secretary, Department of Home, Secretariat, Fort St.George, Chennai - 600 009

The Madras High Court dismissed a writ petition challenging exclusion of a police officer's name from the 2008-09 promotion panel to Deputy Superintendent of Police, holding that currency…

The Union of India v. The Registrar, Central Administrative Tribunal

The Madras High Court allowed the Union of India's writ petitions and set aside Central Administrative Tribunal orders granting retired railway Project Casual Labourers retrospective…

The District Collector Villupuram, Villupuram District – 605 602 v. N.Baskar

Rule 11 of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 counts half of temporary service only for whole-time employees and does not extend to part-time service. Orders running counter to that Rule…

The Superintendent of Police Tirunelveli District, Palayamkottai, Tirunelveli 627 002 v. R.Murugesan

A writ petition challenging a 2003 promotion panel, filed nine years later without exhausting the appeal provided by the Service Rules, was held barred by delay and laches. The Madras High…

The State of Tamilnadu v. E.Panchatcharam

Allowing the State's writ appeal, the Madras High Court held that promotion cannot be claimed as a vested right, that mere acquisition of the prescribed qualification is no ground to claim…

5. Gudalur Forest Division, Gudalur, The Nilgiris District, Sub-Treasury, Tirupattur, Tirupattur District v. Page 1 of 8

The Madras High Court held that where Rule 45A of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 prescribes a specific interest rate for belated settlement of Death-cum-Retirement Gratuity, that…

The Headmaster Government High School, Para Nattamangalam, Salem-10 v. S.Amirtham

Pay fixation and the grant of selection grade are for the administration to decide at the first instance on the individual's Service Register. The Madras High Court set aside a mandamus…

Typist, Subordinate Court, Mannargudi, Thiruvarur District, Pincode-614001 v. 1. The Registrar General,

The Madras High Court (Madurai Bench) held that a Typist employed temporarily under Rule 16(e)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Judicial Ministerial Service Rules against a non-sanctioned post cannot…

2. M.R.Manjula Inspector of Police Inservice Training Centre St. Thomas Mount Alandur, Chennai-600016 v. R. Ranjith Singh

The Madras High Court dismissed a Writ Appeal challenging a single judge's order that implemented the Supreme Court's directions in R.Ranjith Singh v. State of Tamil Nadu, holding that…

Union Of India Rep By The Govt Of Pondicherry v. SHRI R.P Paul,(IAS RTD)

Allowing the Union of India's writ petition, the Madras High Court held that a court in judicial review cannot substitute the views of the Screening Committee, and that the quashing of a…

R.BHARATHI v. THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT

The Madras High Court declined to regularise temporary Steno-Typists, Typists and Junior Assistants in the District Judiciary appointed under Rule 16(e)(i) of the Tamil Nadu Judicial…

UNION OF INDIA v. THE REGISTRAR

The Madras High Court upheld the Central Administrative Tribunal's direction that retired BSNL clerical staff be granted revised pension on par with similarly placed pensioners, holding…

The State of Tamil Nadu v. A CHIDAMBARAM

Batch of intra-court appeals by the State against orders extending the benefit of counting 50% of the service rendered as Part-Time Panchayat Clerks towards pension. Holding that Rule 11(4)…

The commissioner, Erode City Municipal corporation v. S. Ahaseer

The Madras High Court allowed a writ appeal by a municipal corporation and set aside a direction to regularise long-serving consolidated-pay operators, holding that no employee can be…

N.Balasubramanian v. The Registrar General

Dismissing a writ petition for pension, the Madras High Court held that the benefit of counting fifty per cent of service under Rule 11 of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 is available…

Dr.Jaishith Jebakumar Manuel v. R. Srinath

The Madras High Court dismissed a civil revision arising from a suit challenging a SARFAESI sale notice, holding that Section 34 of the SARFAESI Act, 2002 bars the civil court's…

VISU FINANCIERS v. G.SUNDARARAJ

Allowing a civil revision petition, the Madras High Court held that an application for a final decree on a mortgage decree under Order 34 Rule 5 is governed by Article 136 of the Limitation…