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The State Of Tamil Nadu vs R.Pandiyarajan
2021 Latest Caselaw 2172 Mad

Citation : 2021 Latest Caselaw 2172 Mad
Judgement Date : 1 February, 2021

Madras High Court
The State Of Tamil Nadu vs R.Pandiyarajan on 1 February, 2021
                                                                      W.A.(MD)Nos.159 & 160 of 2021

                          BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

                                             DATED : 01.02.2021

                                                   CORAM

                             THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.M.SUNDRESH
                                             AND
                              THE HONOURABLE MRS.JUSTICE S.ANANTHI

                                     W.A.(MD)Nos.159 & 160 of 2021
                                                  and
                                    C.M.P.(MD)Nos.505 and 506 of 2021

                1.The State of Tamil Nadu,
                  Rep. by its Secretary,
                  School Education Department,
                  Fort St. George, Chennai – 09.

                2.The Director of School Education,
                  DPI Complex, College Road,
                  Chennai.

                3.The Joint Director of School Education, (Vocational)
                  O/o the Director of School Education
                  DPI Complex, College Road,
                  Chennai – 06.

                4.The Chief Educational Officer,
                  O/o. The Chief Educational Officer,
                  Theni District,Theni.                           ... Appellants
                                                        Vs.
                1.R.Pandiyarajan                        ... Respondent in W.A.(MD)No.159/2021

                1.R.Balamurugan                         ... Respondent in W.A.(MD)No.160/2021

                2.The Accountant General
                  O/o the Accountant General (A&E)
                  Teynampet, Chennai.              ... Respondents in both appeals

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                Prayer : Writ Appeals filed under Clause 15 of Letters Patent Act, against the
                common order dated 26.07.2018, made in W.P.(MD)Nos.16455 & 16456/2018.


                          For Appellants in all W.As.   : Mrs.S.Srimathy
                                                          Special Government Pleader

                          For Respondent in all W.As. : Mr.K.Appadurai for R1
                                                        Mr.P.Gunasekaran for R2

                                                    *****

                                           COMMON JUDGMENT
                          (Judgment of the Court was delivered by M.M.SUNDRESH, J.)

                          All these Writ Appeals have been preferred against the common order

                dated 26.07.2018, passed by the learned Single Judge in a batch of Writ

                Petitions filed in W.P.(MD)Nos.16455 to 16461 and 16433 of 2018, batch, by

                which, a direction was issued to the appellants herein to take into account 50%

                of the part time services rendered by the writ petitioners for the pensionary

                benefits, by placing reliance upon the earlier decisions rendered by this Court as

                well as the decisions of the Hon'ble Apex Court.



                          2.Heard Mrs.S.Srimathy, learned Special Government Pleader

                appearing for the appellants in these Writ Appeals and Mr.K.Appadurai, learned

                counsel for the respondent in these Writ Appeals and perused the materials

                available on record.


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                          3.Learned Special Government Pleader appearing for the appellants

                fairly submitted that the issue sought to be raised in these Writ Appeals is

                covered by the judgment of the Full Bench of this Court in Government of

                Tamil Nadu and others v. R.Kaliyamoorthy in reported in 2019(6) CTC 705.



                          4.In view of the above said decision rendered by the Full Bench of

                this Court, all these Writ Appeals deserve to be dismissed. Accordingly, these

                Writ Appeals are dismissed. Consequently, connected Miscellaneous Petitions

                are also dismissed. No cots.


                Index    :Yes/No                             [M.M.S., J.]       [S.A.I., J.]
                Internet :Yes                                          01.02.2021

                RR

                Note: In view of the present lock down owing to
                COVID-19 pandemic, a web copy of the order may be
                utilized for official purposes, but, ensuring that the copy
                of the order that is presented is the correct copy, shall
                be the responsibility of the advocate/litigant concerned.

                To

                1.The State of Tamil Nadu,
                  Rep. by its Secretary,
                  School Education Department,
                  Fort St. George, Chennai – 09.

                2.The Director of School Education,
                  DPI Complex, College Road,
                  Chennai.

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                3.The Joint Director of School Education, (Vocational)
                  O/o the Director of School Education
                  DPI Complex, College Road,
                  Chennai – 06.

                4.The Chief Educational Officer,
                  O/o. The Chief Educational Officer,
                  Theni District,Theni.




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                                    M.M.SUNDRESH, J.

AND S.ANANTHI, J.

RR

Common Judgment made in W.A.(MD)Nos.159 & 160 of 2021

01.02.2021

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