1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED: 10.12.2011 C O R A M THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE T.RAJA W.P.(MD)No.13074 of 2011 A.Imam Hussain ... Petitioner Vs. 1.The Principal Secretary, School Educational Department, Secretariat,Chennai. 2.The Director of School Education, Directorate of School Education Office, College Road, Chennai-600 006. 3.The Joint Director of School Education, (Higher Education), Joint Director of School Education Office, College Road, Chennai-600 006. ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation dated 18.10.2011 and to sanction pension and other retirement benefits along with interest. For Petitioner :Mr.S.C.Herold Singh For Respondents :Ms.S.Bharathi Government Advocate. O R D E R The petitioner A.Imam Hussain was appointed as Post Graduate Teacher in the year 1980 in the Muslim Higher Secondary School at Triplicane in Chennai. Thereafter, he was appointed as Headmaster of Khadir Mohideen Boys Higher Secondary School, in the year 1998 by the Management of M.K.N.Matharasa Trust, Adhirampattinam. Subsequently, after the dismissal of the petitioner from the service, the writ petition was filed in W.P.No.9559 of 2006 and the matter was settled out of Court and a Joint Memo of Compromise was entered into between the petitioner and the Management, agreeing to recall the order of https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 dismissal and recovery and further the said joint memo also agreed to take back the petitioner in service. Accordingly, the petitioner also agreed and joined and also gave an application for Voluntary retirement. The petitioner also agreed that he would not claim any arrears of salary for the the period of non employment including the period of three months waiting period for receipt of voluntary retirement order from the second respondent. On that basis, the Management agreed to send a proposal to the second respondent for payment of retirement and all terminal benefits to the educational authorities within one month from the date of retirement. On the basis of the Joint Memo moved by both sides, the writ petition, the writ appeal and the contempt petition were disposed of in terms of the said Joint Compromise Memo. 2.After all these events, the petitioner was also allowed to rejoin and thereafter the petitioner was relieved from service on 14.09.2009, accepting his request for voluntary retirement; thereafter, the petitioner's retirement benefits like pension and other monetary benefits, have not been settled. Therefore, he sent a representation dated 18.10.2011 to all the respondents with a request to pay the pension and other benefits. As there was no response, the petitioner is before this Court. 3.Ms.S.Bharathi, learned Government Advocate, takes notice for the respondents and after seeing the compromise memo has prayed for reasonable time to the authorities concerned to pass appropriate order on the petitioner's representation dated 18.10.2011. 4.Recording the submissions of the learned Government Advocate, this Court directs the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation dated 18.10.2011 and pass appropriate orders in respect of his request for sanctioning his pension and other retirement benefits within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. 5. With the above direction, the writ petition is disposed of. No costs. Sd/- Assistant Registrar(AE) /True Copy/ Sub-Assistant Registrar https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 3 To, 1.The Principal Secretary, School Educational Department, Secretariat,Chennai. 2.The Director of School Education, Directorate of School Education Office, College Road, Chennai-600 006. 3.The Joint Director of School Education, (Higher Education), Joint Director of School Education Office, College Road, Chennai-600 006. +One cc to The Spl Govt. Pleader, SR.No.43223 gsr rl/5c – 3.1.2012 W.P.(MD)No. 13074 of 2011 10.12.2011 https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/