IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATE: 21-01-2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.JAICHANDREN Writ Petition Nos.11961 of 2006, 8620 of 2006, 8951 of 2006, 35449 of 2006, 12645 of 2006, 24989 of 2006, 38276 of 2006 and 6396 of 2007 and W.P.MP.Nos.13581 of 2006, 9586 of 2006, 9908 of 2006 and 14231 of 2006 and M.P.Nos.1 of 2006 and 2 of 2006 W.P.No.11961 of 2006 1.D.Rajappa 2.M.Sambandam 3.M.Balamurugan 4.S.K.Kumarasamy 5.P.Royar 6.V.Rajendran 7.S.Azhahan 8.M.R.Sethurathinam 9.J.Sugavanam 10.K.Daniel 11.J.Sundersingh .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.8620 of 2006 1.K.R.Subramanian 2.B.Sundaresan 3.P.Shanmugam https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 4.R.Venkatasubramanian 5.R.Sridhar Rao 6.A.Subramanian 7.D.Yamunadoss 8.R.Seshadri 9.R.S.Kailasam 10.P.Padmanabhan Adiyodi 11.L.John Joseph 12.S.Suriyanarayanan 13.P.Sathyanathan 14.N.Ramamurthy 15.G.Venkatasubramanian 16.R.Pichamoorthy 17.V.Rajasekaran 18.D.Krishnaswamy 19.A.Krishnan 20.R.Varadharajulu 21.R.Charukasadesikan 22.R.Ganapathi Venkataraman 23.R.Bakthavathsalu 24.R.Ramakrishnan 25.C.Subbiah 26.C.S.Sankaranarayanan 27.E.S.Ganapathi Subramaniam 28.A.M.Chakkochen 29.S.Ranganathan 30.N.Muthusubramanian 31.V.Vasanthakumari 32.G.Gopalakrishna Kurup 33.S.Manickam 34.R.Purushothaman 35.K.Parthasarathy 36.A.Ganesan 37.T.P.Arumugam 38.T.D.Gopalakrishnan 39.J.Senthilkumar 40.K.Damodaradu 41.V.Vinayakam 42.V.Rangarao 43.N.Thillainayagam 44.S.Manickam 45.K.Kabali 46.R.Pichai 47.V.L.Narayanamurthy 48.N.R.Natarajan 49.B.V.Subramaniam 50.S.Subbulakshmi 51.K.Subramaniam 52.S.Rajmoney 53.M.V.Ranganathan 54.G.Anandaraj 55.M.Vilvanathan 56.K.Mangali https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 57.D.Dharman 58.Abdul Wahid Shakir 59.K.Gururajan 60.M.Manickam 61.M.Lingesan 62.D.G.Arokiadoss 63.S.Gowri 64.K.Bakthavatsalam 65.T.Kannabiran 66.M.S.Ramakoty 67.V.Govindarajan 68.B.Venkatesan 69.M.Diraviam 70.N.Narasimhan 71.G.Sundaramurthy 72.R.Rathinappa 73.K.Sundalaimuthu 74.K.H.Jayalakshmi 75.A.Sundaram 76.E.Ganesan 77.M.Dharmarajan 78.K.Venkatasubramanian 79.R.Varadarajan 80.K.Rajagopalan 81.S.Venkataramani 82.V.Ramachandran 83.S.Selvaganapathy 84.K.V.Venugopal 85.V.Swaminathan 86.A.Krishnan 87.N.Kuppaih 88.C.V.Narasimhan 89.S.P.Shanmuga Sundaram 90.I.Irulappan 91.K.Somalinga Athamarao 92.P.K.Janakiraman 93.M.Rajakesavan 94.O.V.Desikachari 95.T.K.Ramalingam 96.V.Raghavendran 97.B.Kalyanaraman 98.M.Naganathan 99.M.Vallinayam 100.P.K.Muthuswami 101.D.Venkataswamy 102.N.Devarajan 103.K.Govindan 104.G.Angamuthu 105.R.Muthukrishnan 106.P.Narayanan 107.M.Govindan 108.M.Muthukrishnan 109.B.G.Arthanari https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 110.N.R.Subramanian 111.M.Ameer John 112.P.Palanisamy 113.R.Madhavan 114.P.G.Devarajulu 115.M.Selvarajan 116.P.Muthian 117.T.Jeganathan 118.A.G.Basheer Ahamed 119.R.Lakshminarayan 120.N.Srinivasan 121.C.Arumugam 122.I.A.Salahudeen 123.S.Nethirasigamani 124.P.Nagappan 125.G.Thirugnanasambandam 126.C.S.Sundaram 127.C.Palaniswami 128.A.S.Adam 129.K.Ramanathan 130.T.R.Ramabadran 131.K.Muniyandi 132.M.K.Srinivasan 133.B.Jagannathan 134.K.Sarangan 135.M.Jayaraman 136.S.K.Raju 137.C.Appavoo .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.8951 of 2006 1.P.Jayaraman 2.P.S.Sundara Murthy 3.P.Seetharaman 4.M.Ranganathan 5.P.Thiyagarajan 6.G.Loganathan https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 7.A.Krishnan 8.R.Nirmala 9.S.Jayam 10.V.Rukmani Vijayaraghavan 11.C.N.Rukmani 12.K.Raman 13.K.Balasubramaniam 14.S.Rajamani 15.C.S.Sundaram 16.C.Palaniswami 17.M.Ananthanarayan 18.P.Dhandapani 19.A.Rajamanickam .. Petitioners Vs. 1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. 2. The Secretary to Government, Industries Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.35449 of 2006 K.T.Perumal .. Petitioner Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ W.P.No.12645 of 2006 1.M.Ramarathinam 2.K.Sambandam 3.M.Balamurugan 4.P.Royar 5.S.K.Kumarasamy 6.S.Mahalingam 7.K.Swaminathan 8.S.Subramanian 9.P.Ayyanar 10.M.Durairaj 11.R.Divakaran 12.S.Shanmugam 13.A.Vaiyapuri 14.M.Selvarajan 15.P.Ramaraj 16.P.Loganathan 17.R.Rukmani .. Petitioners Vs. 1. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. 2. The Secretary to Government, Industries Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.24989 of 2006 1.S.Kannan 2.R.Rajasekaran 3.N.T.Vedavalli 4.S.Nagamani 5.R.Narayanan 6.T.N.Radhakrishnamoorthy 7.M.Rajamanickam 8.V.K.Sornam 9.K.Ramalingam 10.T.S.Gopalakrishnan https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 11.V.T.Shantharam 12.S.Radhakrishnan 13.A.Lurthsamy .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.38276 of 2006 1.P.Viswanathan 2.C.D.Devasenan 3.M.T.Ramamurthy 4.P.Sundaresan 5.A.Manickaraj 6.G.Sundaram 7.R.Venkatachalam 8.N.Kannayaram 9.C.K.Annamalai 10.M.Palanivelu 11.Arifuddin 12.S.Surulivelu 13.Velgian Fernando 14.P.Joseph Antony 15.P.N.Anandan .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. W.P.No.6396 of 2007 1.T.Subramanya 2.P.Ramraj 3.B.Paramasivam 4.R.Kannan 5.P.S.Somasundaram 6.K.S.Pavithran 7.N.Parthasarathy 8.Syed Yaseen 9.P.N.Balasundaram 10.A.Jayaseelan 11.K.Sundaresan .. Petitioners Vs. The State of Tamil Nadu Rep. By the Secretary to Government, Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. .. Respondent Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, for issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondent to extend the benefit of payment of Dearness Allowance on full pension at the rate prescribed by the Government of Tamil Nadu from time to time respectively with effect from 04.05.1991/ date of retirement on Voluntary Retirement Scheme/date of superannuation to the pensioners along with the arrears and the interest of the belated payments at the rate of 12% per annum as per the pension rules. For Petitioners in all W.Ps : Mr.M.Subramaniam For Respondents in all W.Ps : Mr.S.Gopinathan Additional Government Pleader COMMON ORDER Heard the learned counsels appearing for the petitioners, as well as the learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for the respondents. 2. At this stage of the hearing of the writ petitions, the learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners had submitted that it would suffice, if this Court is pleased to permit the petitioners to make representations to the respondents, with regard to the reliefs sought for in the writ petitions, within a specified period and on such representations being made, the respondents are https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ directed to dispose of the same, on merits and in accordance with law, within a specified period. 3. The learned Additional Government Pleader appearing on behalf of the respondents, has no objection for such an order being passed by this Court. 4. In view of the limited relief sought for by the learned counsel appearing for the petitioners, without going into the merits of the case, the petitioners are permitted to make representations to the respondents, with regard to the reliefs sought for in the present writ petitions, within a period of 15 days from the date of receipt of a copy of this order and on receipt of such representations, the respondents are directed to dispose of the same, on merits and in accordance with law, within a period of four months thereafter. The petitioners are directed to furnish copies of the representations to the respondents, along with a copy of this order. 5. Accordingly, the writ petitions are disposed of, with the above directions. No costs. Consequently, connected miscellaneous petitions are also closed. Sd/ Asst.Registrar /true copy/ Sub Asst.Registrar cse To 1. The Secretary to Government, State of Tamil Nadu Finance (D.P.E.) Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. 2.The Secretary to Government, Industries Department, Fort St. George, Chennai – 9. 1 cc To Mr.S.M.Subramaniam, Advocate, SR.4735 1 cc To The Government Pleader, SR.4849,4842,4835 Writ Petition Nos.11961 of 2006, 8620 of 2006, 8951 of 2006, 35449 of 2006, 12645 of 2006, 24989 of 2006, 38276 of 2006 and 6396 of 2007 and W.P.MP.Nos.13581 of 2006, 9586 of 2006, 9908 of 2006 and 14231 of 2006 and M.P.Nos.1 of 2006 and 2 of 2006 CK (CO) RH (8.2.11) https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/