1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED:14.10.2011 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA W.P.(MD)No.11823 of 2011 1.S.Murugan 2.V.Chinna Thambi 3.A.Mariappan 4.Raji 5.S.Mariappan 6.V.Sasikumar 7.S.Perumal 8.Tmt.A.Gani 9.K.Muruganandam 10.Tmt.Thangammal 11.Arumugam 12.Madathee 13.K.Madasamy 14.P.Perumal 15.K.Muniyandi 16.S.Gurusamy 17.A.Murugan 18.P.Shanmugavel 19.Ayyappan 20.S.Arumugam 21.S.Murugan 22.SMalayandi 23.C.Petchimuthu 24.P.Chandrasekar 25.E.Subramanian 26.M.Saraswarthi ... Petitioners Vs. 1.The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai. 2.The Director of Town Panchayat, Chennai. 3.The District Collector, Tiruneveli. 4.The District Collector, Tuticorin. 5.The Assistant Director of Town Panchayat, Tirunelveli & Tuticorin Zone, Tirunelveli. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 6.The Executive Officer, Kallidaikurichi Selection Grade, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 7.The Executive Officer, Melachaval First Grade Town Panchayat, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 8.The Executive Officer, Kayatharu First Grade Town Panchayat, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 9.The Executive Officer, Veeravanallur Selection Grade, Tirunelveli District. 10.The Executive Officer, Pathamadi, Tirunelveli District. 11.The Executive Officer, Cheran Mahadevi, Tirunelveli District. 12.The Executive Officer, Gopalasamudram, Tirunelveli District. 13.The Executive Officer, Sathankulam, Tuticorin District. ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to consider our representation dated 21.01.2011 and regularize the service by calculating three years from the date of appointment - with retrospective effect and benefits. For Petitioner : Mr.M.Mohanasundaram For R - 1 to R- 5 : Mr.M.Alagathevan, Special Government Pleader. For R - 6 to R - 12 : Mr.S.Chandrasekar For R - 13 : Mrs.S.Bharathy https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 3 O R D E R The present writ petition has been jointly filed by 26 petitioners seeking a common prayer to issue a writ of mandamus, directing the respondents to consider their representations dated 21.01.2011 so as to recommend their services by calculating three years from the date of appointment with retrospective effect along with the benefits to which they are legally entitled. 2. Heard Mr.M.Mohanasundaram, learned counsel appearing for the petitioner. Mr.M.Alagathevan, learned Special Government Pleader takes notice for respondents 1 to 5. Mr.S.Chandrasekar, learned Government Advocate takes notice for respondents 6 to 12. Mrs.S.Bharathy, learned Government Advocate, takes notice for respondent No.13. 3. The learned counsel appearing for the petitioners submits that the petitioners 1 to 5 were appointed in the year 1997 and subsequently, they were also brought under regular scale in the year 2003 and 2006 and the petitioners 8 to 26 were appointed in the year 1998 and by taking note of their continues service, they were brought under regular scale in the year 2006. 4. In the mean while, the service of the petitioners 1, 2, 4 and 5 were regularised only in the year 2003. And through out Tamil Nadu, more particularly in Tirunelveli, Tuticorin, Nagercoil and other Districts Director of Panchayat through its proceedings dated 26.07.2006 the services of the sanitary workers were regularised. On that basis, the third petitioner was also regularised only in the year 2006. In view of the belated regularisation order, it was pleaded, all the petitioners have lost their monetary benefits more particularly pension is future also. Therefore, the petitioners made a representation dated 21.01.2011 and the same is also pending unanswered. Under these circumstances, the petitioners jointly filed the present writ petition seeking only a limited relief to issue a direction to the respondents to consider the pending representation dated 21.01.2011. 5. In view of the limited prayer made by the petitioners to issue direction to the respondents to consider their long pending representation, this Court without going into the merits of the matter, directs the respondents to consider the petitioners representation dated 21.01.2011 and pass appropriate orders on merits, within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 6. With the above, this writ petition is disposed of. No costs. vsm Sd/- Assistant Registrar[Records] /True copy/ To Sub Assistant Registrar 1.The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Chennai. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 4 2.The Director of Town Panchayat, Chennai. 3.The District Collector, Tiruneveli. 4.The District Collector, Tuticorin. 5.The Assistant Director of Town Panchayat, Tirunelveli & Tuticorin Zone, Tirunelveli. 6.The Executive Officer, Kallidaikurichi Selection Grade, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 7.The Executive Officer, Melachaval First Grade Town Panchayat, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 8.The Executive Officer, Kayatharu First Grade Town Panchayat, Town Panchayat, Kallidaikurichi, Tirunelveli District. 9.The Executive Officer, Veeravanallur Selection Grade, Tirunelveli District. 10.The Executive Officer, Pathamadi, Tirunelveli District. 11.The Executive Officer, Cheran Mahadevi, Tirunelveli District. 12.The Executive Officer, Gopalasamudram, Tirunelveli District. 13.The Executive Officer, Sathankulam, Tuticorin District. W.P.(MD)No.11823 of 2011 Dated:14.10.2011 4P/14C RPB : 15.11.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/