IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 4.2.2010 CORAM:- The Hon'ble Mr. Justice R. SUDHAKAR Writ Petition Nos.33866 to 33874, 34126 and 34206 to 34212 of 2006 N.Murugaswamy ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33866 of 2006 C.Sundararaj ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33867 of 2006 J.Venkatraman ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33868 of 2006 C.Manoharan ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33869 of 2006 K.Kochu ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33870 of 2006 K.Kubendran ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33871 of 2006 A.Chokkalingam ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33872 of 2006 D.Manoharan ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33873 of 2006 S.R.Raj ... Petitioner in W.P.No.33874 of 2006 V.K.Kumarasamy ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34126 of 2006 D.Dhanalakshmi ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34206 of 2006 P.Periathambi ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34207 of 2006 M.Chandra ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34208 of 2006 R.Sornam ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34209 of 2006 S.Sreenivasan ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34210 of 2006 K.Sakthivel ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34211 of 2006 S.Natarajan ... Petitioner in W.P.No.34212 of 2006 Vs https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 1.The State of Tamilnadu, represented by the Secretary to Government, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. 2.The Director of Technical Education, Chennai 600 025. ... Respondents in all the W.Ps. Original Application Nos.9683 to 9691, 9532 and 9508 to 9514 of 1998 were filed before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to prefer the applicants to the post of Instructor, either part time or full time till the applicants working for nearly a decade is promoted to the category of Instructor with effect from the date of appointment given to the fresh candidates with all monetary and service benefits or any other appropriate relief. Since the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal was abolished, the O.As. were received by transfer and numbered as Writ Petitions. For Petitioner : Mr.R.Singaravelan For Respondents in W.P.Nos.33866 to 33874 of 2006 : Mr.B.Vijay Government Advocate For Respondents in W.P.Nos.34126 and 34206 to 34212 of 2006 : Mr.S.Sivashanmugam Government Advocate ----- COMMON ORDER Original Application Nos.9683 to 9691, 9532 and 9508 to 9514 of 1998 were filed before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus, directing the respondents to prefer the applicants to the post of Instructor, either part time or full time till the applicants working for nearly a decade is promoted to the category of Instructor with effect from the date of appointment given to the fresh candidates with all monetary and service benefits or any other appropriate relief. Since the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal was abolished, the O.As. were received by transfer and numbered as Writ Petitions. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2. All the above 17 petitions arise on a common issue, viz., the applicants/petitioners who were working as diploma and technical holders subsequently obtained a Bachelor of Engineering Degree seeks the relief of appointment to the post of Instructor. 3. Similar cases were decided by this Court in a batch of Writ Petition Nos.34978 to 34982 of 2006 on 3.2.2010. Para 3 and 4 of the decision reads as follows:- "3. In similar circumstances, a batch of Original Applications in O.A.Nos.2044 to 2050 of 1993 and O.A.No.2244 of 1993 were filed before the Administrative Tribunal by other persons, of the similar category, and the Tribunal by order dated 23.4.1993 directed the Government of Tamil Nadu, Secretary to Government(Education Department) to consider the representation of the applicants therein and to obtain orders from the Government before proceeding with the regularisation of the contract lecturers or direct recruits. The petitioners in the present cases also seek similar relief stating that their claim to the post of lecturer should be considered based on the representation to be made in the same lines as above. 4. The petitioners in this case have approached the Tribunal directly without approaching the Government for the said relief. In view of the order of the Tribunal, which has been referred to above, the petitioner in each case is granted liberty to make a representation to the first respondent/ Government to consider their claim for promotion to the post of lecturer and for further relief as may be applicable, within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and such representations shall be considered by the Government keeping in view the order of the Tribunal referred to above. The said representations shall be disposed off within a reasonable time preferably within a period of three months thereafter. All the writ petitions are disposed off accordingly. No costs. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 4. The present Writ Petitions are squarely covered by the same. Accordingly, all the 17 writ petitions are ordered with liberty to give representation as above. No costs. ts Sd/- Asst. Registrar //True Copy// Sub Asst. Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, State of Tamilnadu, Higher Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. 2.The Director of Technical Education, Chennai 600 025. + 9 ccs to Mr. R. Singgaravelan, Advocate SR Nos.7199, 7198, 7208 + 2 ccs to Government Pleader, SR No.7432, 7433 RSM(CO) SR/23.2.2010 Common Order W.P.Nos.33866 to 33874, 34126 and 34206 to 34212 of 2006 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/