1 BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT DATED : 01.02.2011 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE V.DHANAPALAN Writ Petition (MD).No.1189 of 2011 A.Ithayaraj .. Petitioner Vs. 1.The Chairman/Director of Handloom and Textiles, Tamil Nadu Textile Corporation Limited, Kuralagam, Chennai. 2.The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Textile Corporation Ltd., Coimbatore. .. Respondents Prayer:- Writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner, dated 27.12.2010 on merits in accordance with law, within the time stipulated by this Court and thereby direct the respondents to sanction medical leave for the petitioner from the date of his appointment as that of employees working in head office and further to make corresponding corrections in the service register. For Petitioner : Mr.D.Sadiq Raja For Respondents: Mr.V.Rajasekaran Special Government Pleader ORDER By consent, the writ petition itself is taken up for disposal at the admission stage itself. 2. Heard Mr.D.Sadiq Raja, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr.V.Rajasekaran, learned Special Government Pleader takes notice for the respondents. 3. The petitioner has come out with a limited prayer for directing the respondents to consider the representation of the petitioner dated 27.12.2010 and further direction to the respondents to sanction medical leave for him from the date of his appointment as that of the employees working in Head Office and corresponding corrections in the service Register. 4. The grievance of the petitioner appears that he is working as Supervisor in Tamil Nadu Textile Corporation Limited, Aruppukottai for the past 27 years and it is a Government undertaking corporation. He applied for medical leave on medical grounds along with medical certificate and the same was not sanctioned, instead it was debited in the earn leave account against clause 5.4 of the Administrative manual of the corporation. He claims that he being a regular employee entitle for medical leave as that of the employees working in the head office. He has already sought for an information under the Right to Information Act as https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/ 2 to whether the employees working in the head office and the employees working as that of the petitioner in branch office are similar in nature. In response to the same, the Public Information Officer, Coimbatore informed that the the working conditions of the employees in the head office and the branch office are one and the same. Therefore, he made a representation to the respondents on 27.12.2010 to redress his grievance. Pending consideration of the same, he moved this Court for the above direction. 5. At the outset, the learned Special Government Pleader, after going through the material documents annexed in the typed set of papers, would submit that the representation is of recent origin and not even sufficient time is given to the respondents to consider the same. Therefore, he would submit that a reasonable time limit may be given for the respondents to consider the petitioner's representation and in respect of further relief it cannot be granted exparte. 6. After elaborate arguments and discussions, the learned counsel for the petitioner would make a plea that if the representation of the petitioner is disposed of, then the grievance of the petitioner would be redressed. In the light of the above, without adverting to the merits of the case, the first respondent is directed to consider the representation of the petitioner, dated 27.12.2010 and pass orders, in accordance with law and on merits, within a period of eight weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The writ petition is disposed of to the extent indicated above. No costs. Sd/- Deputy Registrar (L.A) /True Copy/ Assistant Registrar To 1.The Chairman/Director of Handloom and Textiles, Tamil Nadu Textile Corporation Limited, Kuralagam, Chennai. 2.The Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Textile Corporation Ltd., Coimbatore. Order made in W.P.(MD).No.1189 of 2011 01.02.2011 jikr RJ/2.3.11 2p/3c https://hcservices.ecourts.gov.in/hcservices/