1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 30/06/2011 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE Mr.JUSTICE K.VENKATARAMAN Writ Petition(MD)No.7059 of 2011 K.Dhanushkodi ... Petitioner Vs The Secretary to Government Education Department, Secretariat, Chennai – 600 009. ... Respondent Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying for a Writ of Mandamus to direct the respondent to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 26.08.2010 in the light of G.O.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 petitioner ...Mr.S.Visvalingam For Respondents ...Mr.S.Chandrasekar Government Advocate O R D E R Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Government Advocate appearing for the respondent. 2. By consent, the writ petition is taken up for final hearing. 3. The petitioner has come up with the present writ petition for a mandamus directing the respondent to dispose of the petitioner's representation dated 26.08.2010 in the light of G.O.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 4. The case of the petitioner is that he has joined as a Secondary Grade Teacher on 02.10.1973 and he has retired from service on 31.05.1999 on attaining the age of superannuation. About 61 Headmasters of Elementary Schools belonging to various Districts filed applications in the Tamil Nadu Administrative Tribunal and obtained directions on 12.07.2002 that the services of the teachers, who have served prior to 01.06.1988 to be included and calculated for the purpose of fixing pay scale from the date of promotion as Elementary School Headmaster and to fix the selection grade and special grade. Writ Petitions have been filed in W.P.Nos.29644 and 29645 of 2003 by the Government were dismissed confirming the orders of the Tribunal. Accordingly, the Government passed G.O.No.234 School Education Department dated 10.09.2009, for implementing the orders of this Court. Accordingly, all the 61 Teachers were benefitted. Further, the same benefits were granted to the other https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 teachers by passing another G.O.No.270 School Education Department dated 20.09.2010. The petitioner falls under the said category and hence he has sent a representation to the respondent. Since the same has not been considered so far, the petitioner has come up with the present writ petition for the relief stated earlier. 5. Considering the limited scope of the matter, without expressing any opinion on the claim made by the petitioner, I direct the respondent to consider the representation of the petitioner, dated 26.08.2010, 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. RR Sd/- Assistant Registrar[Crl side] /True copy/ Sub Assistant Registrar To THE SECRETARY TO GOVERNMENT EDUCATION DEPARTMENT, SECRETARIAT, CHENNAI – 600 009. +1 CC TO SPECIAL GOVERNMENT PLEADER, SR.NO.21179. W.P.(MD) No.7059 of 2011 Dated:30.06.2011 2P/3C RPB 13.07.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/