V. V. Saminathan vs Government of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Chief Secretary, Chennai

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2021 Supreme(Mad) 2375

M. DURAISWAMY, K. MURALI SHANKAR
V. V. Saminathan – Appellant
Versus
Government of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Chief Secretary, Chennai – Respondent

Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner:K.M. Vijayan, Senior Counsel for M/s. K.M. Vijayan Associates, B. Rajagopalan, Senior Counsel, M. Maharaja, G. Mutharasu, R. Balasubramanian, Senior Counsel, A.S. Narasimhan, G. Murugendiran, P.M. Vishnuvarthanan, V. Jeyaprakash, V. Raghavachari, MA.P. Thangavel, M. Maharaja, V. Kasipandian, Rajini, Shinusha S. Kumar, P. Saravana Sowmiyan, P. Arun Jayathram, Elizabeth Ravi, Maroa Jacbob, S. Ram Sundar Vijayaraj, C. Arul Vadivel @ Sekar, B. Manimaran, K. Baalasundaram, N. Sundaresan, P. Edin, K. Vinayagam, M. Dinesh, S. Babu, B. Sundar, N. Narayanan, P. Pethu Rajesh, M. Vijay, P. Prasath, L. Chandra Kumar, K.S. Karthik Raja, L.K. Charles Alexander, A. Banumathy, R. Anbalagan, S. Sudarshanam, A. Rajini, Advocates.
For the Respondent:R. Shanmuga Sundaram, Advocate General assisted by P. Thilak Kumar, Government Pleader, M.R. Jothimanian, R. Selvakodi, M.R. Elavarasan, O.M. Prakash, Senior Counsel, K. Babu, P.D. Dilli Babu, S. Manikandan, R. Jothimanian, R. Kandeeban, Ravivarma Kumar, Senior Counsel, K. Balu, G. Masilamani, Senior Counsel, K. Balu, A.L. Somaiyaji, Senior Counsel, K. Balu, N.L. Raja, Senior Counsel, M.R. Jothimanian, P.S. Raman, Senior Counsel for M/s. B. Karpagam, C.R. Rajan, M. Udhaya Kumar, Advocates.

ORDER :

M. DURAISWAMY, J.

(Prayer: Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, seeking to issue a writ of Declaration declaring the Tamil Nadu Act 8 of 2021 providing ex-orbital and exclusive reservation to vanniyar community to an extent of 10.5% without adequate quantifiable data is illegal and unconstitutional to the principals laid down in Maratha case in Civil Appeal No.3123 of 2020, dated 09.09.2020 (2020 SCC ONLINE SC 727) and Constitutional 102 amendment and consequently forbearing the respondent from in any manner implementing the reservation in the matters of education and employment in Government, quasi Government institutions in the State of Tamil Nadu provided under the impugned Act.)

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These writ petitions have been filed challenging the constitutional validity of Act 8 of 2021, dated 26.02.2021, namely, the Tamil Nadu Special Reservation of seats in Educational Institutions including Private Educational Institutions and of appointments or posts in the services under the State within the Reservation for the M

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2021 Supreme(Mad) 2375

M. DURAISWAMY, K. MURALI SHANKARV. V. Saminathan – AppellantVersusGovernment of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Chief Secretary, Chennai – Respondent

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M. DURAISWAMY, K. MURALI SHANKAR
V. V. Saminathan – Appellant
Versus
Government of Tamil Nadu, represented by its Chief Secretary, Chennai – Respondent