1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 14.07.2011 CORAM: THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE S.MANIKUMAR W.P.(MD).No.7827 of 2011 N.Danabalan ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009. 2.The Director of Town Panchayats, Kuralagam Building 4th Floor, Chennai - 600 108. 3.The District Collector, Sivagangai District, Sivagangai. 4.The Assistant Director of Town Panchayats, Sivagangai, Sivagangai District. ... Respondents Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for the issuance of a Writ of Mandamus, to direct the first respondent to consider my representation dated 11.06.2011 seeking promotion to the post of Executive Officer Grade II with effect from the date on which my junior was promoted to the said post along with monetary benefits in the light of the proposal sent by the 3rd respondent in Na.Ka.No.470/2009/T2 dated 31.03.2009 for ratification of my promotion as Bill Collector from the post of Record Clerk within a stipulated period. For petitioner : Mr.M.Ajmal Khan For respondents : Mr.B.Pugalenthi, Special Government Pleader ORDER The petitioner has sought for a mandamus to direct the first respondent to consider his representation dated 11.06.2011 for promotion to the post of Executive Officer Grade II with effect from the date on which the junior to him was promoted to the said post, with monetary benefits in the light of the proposal sent by the 3rd respondent in Na.Ka.No.470/2009/T2, dated 31.03.2009, for ratification of his promotion as Bill Collector from the post of Record Clerk within a stipulated period. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 2.Pleadings and materials on record show that the petitioner was appointed as Record Clerk on 09.05.1990 and that he was promoted as Bill Collector on 20.02.1992. He joined the said post on 09.05.1992 in Selection Grade Town Panchayat at Thiruppuvanam, Sivagangai District. However, the promotion of the petitioner has not been ratified for nearly 19 years and in the interregnum period, it is averred that some of his juniors have been promoted as Executive Officer Grade II on 28.02.2011. According to the petitioner, he is stagnated in the said post for nearly two decades. In such circumstances, he has come forward with the present writ petition for the relief as stated supra. 3.Perusal of the proceedings in R.C.No.470/2009/T2 dated 31.03.2009 addressed to the Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai, second respondent herein, confirms the contention of the petitioner that for nearly 17 years, he has been working in the same post as Bill Collector without any promotion and the orders on the proposal dated 31.03.2009 stated supra for ratification of the appointment in the post of Bill Collector is yet to be passed. In the meanwhile, some of his juniors have been promoted to the post of Executive Officer Grade II. 4.Mr.B.Pugalenthi, learned Special Government Pleader was put on notice and heard. 5.Having regard to the averments and the grievance expressed by the petitioner, the first respondent is directed to pass orders on the proposals dated 31.03.2009 addressed to the Director of Town Panchayats, Chennai, second respondent herein and also to consider the representation dated 11.06.2011 on merits and in accordance with law within a period of six weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. As the petitioner has been stagnated in the post of Bill Collector for nearly two decades and the agony and hardship which the petitioner would have been undergone during this interregnum period when the juniors bypass him, it is sincerely hoped that the first respondent herein would pass orders within the time frame. 6.The writ petition is disposed of accordingly. No costs. Sd/- Deputy Registrar(Writs) /True Copy/ Assistant Registrar To 1.The Secretary to Government, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Secretariat, Chennai - 600 009. https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 3 2.The Director of Town Panchayats, Kuralagam Building 4th Floor, Chennai - 600 108. 3.The District Collector, Sivagangai District, Sivagangai. 4.The Assistant Director of Town Panchayats, Sivagangai, Sivagangai District. Gcg ssk/26.07.2011 /5c -3p/- W.P.(MD).No.7827 of 2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/