In The High Court Of Judicature At Madras

Dated :  06.03.2012

Coram :

The Honourable Mr.Justice V.Ramasubramanian

Writ Petition Nos.6114 and 7948 of 2011
And
M.P.Nos.1 and 1 of 2012


K.Kumaran	  ...	                           Petitioner in Wp 6114/2011
T.Saravanan	  ...		            Petitioner No.1 in Wp 7948/2011
P.R.Natarajan	  ...		            Petitioner No.2 in Wp 7948/2011
V.R.Sharmila	  ...		            Petitioner No.3 in Wp 7948/2011

Vs

1.The Government of Tamil Nadu,
   Rep.by its Secretary to Government,
   Personnel and Administrative Reforms
   Department, Fort St. George, Chennai-9.

2.The Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,
   Rep.by its Secretary, Omanthoorar 
   Government Estates, Chennai.

3.V.Jeya Chitra
(R-3 impleaded as per order of Court made in M.P.No.3 of 2011 dated 22.8.2011)

4.V.Balamurugan
5.R.Ethiraj
6.C.Anandakumar
7.B.Thulasi Raman
8.E.Elangovan
9.K.Vijayaraj
10.S.Sanjeevi Sathya Seelan
11.M.Kumaravelu
12.K.Chandrasekaran
13.K.Thomas
(R-4 to R-13 impleaded as per order of Court made in M.P.Nos.4 to 6 and 3 and 4 of 2011 dated 20.9.2011)		 	 
					...Respondents in Wp 6114/2011

1.Secretary, Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission,
   1, Greams Road, Old Commercial Tax Office 
   Annexure, Chennai-5.

2.Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu,
   Personnel and Administrative Reforms Department,
   Secretariat, Chennai-9.

3.V.Balamurugan
4.C.Ananthakumar
5.K.Vijayaraj
6.E.Elangovan
7.B.Thulasi Raman
8.S.Sanjeevi
9.M.Kumaravelu
10.K.Bharathi Raja
(R-3 to R-10 impleaded as per order of Court made in M.P.Nos.4 to 6 and 3 and 4 of 2011 dated 20.9.2011)			...Respondents in Wp 7948/2011

W.P.No.6114/2011:
	Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents herein from in any manner recruiting/filling up 186 posts of Assistant Section Officer in Secretariat (other than Law and Finance Department) in Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service under Post Code No.1072, for which advertisement/notification has not been issued and 26 posts of Assistant Section Officer in the Office of the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission in Tamil Nadu Secretariat Service under Post Code No. 2201 in excess of the notified number of vacancies, from among the candidates who have applied for and taken written examination pursuant to the Notification/Advertisement of the second respondent herein bearing No.219 dated 15.11.2009.
W.P.No.7948/2011:
	Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus, forbearing the respondents from filling up 186 posts of Assistant Section Officers in Secretariat, other than Law and Finance Department, by clubbing those vacancies, which are not originally notified in the interview, which is combined for the Combined Service Examination-I, pursuant to the Advertisement No.219 dated 15.11.2009 and directing the respondents to notify the above 186 vacancies as fresh.
	For Petitioners in both WPs       : Mr.C.Selvaraju, Senior Counsel and 
				    Mr.AR.L.Sundaresan, Senior Counsel
	
	For the State of Tamil Nadu      : Mr.A.Navaneetha Krishnan, Advocate
				    General assisted by Mr.N.Srinivasan,
				    Additional Government Pleader.

	For Tnpsc		  :  Ms.C.N.G.Niraimathi & M.Devendran, 				     Standing Counsel.

	For Contesting Respondents      :  Mr.N.G.R.Prasad

	For Contesting Respondents      :  Mr.R.Thiagarajan,
				      Senior Counsel and 
				     Mr.Naveen Kumar Murthy


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