1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 23.06.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN W.P.(MD)No.6562 of 2011 1.S.Ramasamy 2.K.Rajammal 3.K.M.Gnana Pooranam : Petitioners Vs. The Secretary to Government, Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. : Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issue of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to dispose off the representations dated 26.08.2010 of the petitioners, in the light of G.O.No.234, School Education Department, dated 10.09.2009 and G.O.No.270, School Education Department, dated 20.09.2010 on merits and in accordance with law within a specified time frame that may be fixed by this Court. For Petitioners : Mr.S.Visvalingam For Respondent : Mr.S.Chandrasekar Government Advocate ORDER Mr.S.Chandrasekar, learned Government Advocate, takes notice on behalf of the respondent. By consent, the Writ Petition is taken up for final disposal at the stage of admission itself. 2. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners and the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent. 3. The petitioners have come up with the present Writ Petition for a Mandamus, directing the respondent to dispose of their representations dated 26.08.2010, in the light of G.O.No.234, School Education Department, dated 10.09.2009 and G.O.No.270, School Education Department, dated 20.09.2010 on merits and in accordance with law, within a time specified by this Court. 4. The case of the petitioners is that they joined as Secondary Grade Teachers on 01.06.1972, 02.10.1973 and 01.06.1971 respectively and they have been promoted as Headmaster in the Elementary School on 01.06.1988, 30.06.1993 and 05.01.1990 respectively. They attained the age of superannuation and have retired on 31.01.1999, 31.07.2005 and 30.04.2000 respectively. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 5. Sixty One Head Masters of Elementary Schools belonging to various Districts filed applications before the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal and obtained directions on 12.07.2002 for fixation of pay. The Writ Petitions filed by the Government against the orders of the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal were dismissed. Thereafter, the Government has passed G.O.No.234, School Education Department, dated 10.09.2009 and G.O.No.270, School Education Department, dated 20.09.2010, to implement the orders of the High Court. The case of the petitioners also falls under the same category. Hence, they sent representations dated 26.08.2010 to the respondent to accord the fixation of salary, in the light of the Government Orders referred to above. Since the said representations were not considered so far, they have come up with the present Writ Petition for the reliefs stated earlier. 6. Considering the limited scope of the matter, without expressing any opinion on the claim made by the petitioners, I direct the respondent to consider the said representations of the petitioners dated 26.08.2010 and pass appropriate orders on merits and in accordance with law and also in the light of the Government Orders referred to above. The said exercise has to be carried out by the respondent, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 7. The Writ Petition stands ordered accordingly. No costs. Sd/- Deputy Registrar(Accounts) /TRUE COPY/ Assistant Registrar To The Secretary to Government, Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai-600 009. +1cc to The Special Govt.Pleader SR.No.20048 Order made in W.P.(MD)No.6562 of 2011 SML PA/04.07.2011/2P/3C https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/