1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 28.04.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN W.P.(MD) No.5093 of 2011 S.Velayutham ..Petitioner Vs 1.The Principal conservator of Forest Jeans Road, Saidapet, Chennai. 2.The Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry, Trichy. 3.The Forest Range Officer, Social Forest Range, Thanjavur. ..Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for issuance of a writ of Mandamus to direct the first respondent to consider and dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 11.10.2010 to the first respondent. For Petitioner : Mr.A.Arun Prasad For Respondent : Mr.V.Rajasekaran, Special Government Pleader O R D E R Mr.V.Rajasekaran, Special Government Pleader takes notice on behalf of the respondents. By consent, the writ petition is taken up for final hearing. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 3. The petitioner has come up with the present Writ Petition for mandamus directing the first respondent to consider and dispose of the his representation dated 11.10.2010. 4. The case of the petitioner is that he had been working as Village Social Forestry worker from 01.04.1982 to 07.09.1989 under the third respondent. Then he was relieved on 08.09.19889 from his duty with an order to be employed in Panchayat Union under Thanjavur District Rural Development Project Officer. However, he has not been given any employment. In that circumstances, the first respondent passed an order dated 29.11.2004 fixing his state wide seniority at 1814 and further allotting him to be appointed as Forest Watcher at the second respondent division. But he was not appointed to the said post. He has been sending representation since 2005. Lastly, he has sent a representation on 11.10.2010. However, since, the same was not considered, the petitioner has approached this Court for the relief stated earlier. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 5. Considering the the limited scope of the matter, without expressing any opinion on the claim made by the petitioner, I direct the first respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 11.10.2010 on merits and in accordance with law within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The Writ Petition is ordered accordingly. No costs. SD ASST REGISTRAR ( CO ) /TRUE COPY/ RR SUB ASST REGISTRAR To 1.The Principal conservator of Forest Jeans Road, Saidapet, Chennai. 2.The Divisional Forest Officer, Social Forestry, Trichy. 3.The Forest Range Officer, Social Forest Range, Thanjavur. 1CC TO THE SPL. GOVT PLEADER, SR: 15773: DM:2011::MAY:18:: W.P.(MD) No.5093 of 2011 28.04.2011 2P:5C:: https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/