JUDGMENT :

Prayer: Writ Appeal filed under Clause 15 of the Letters of Patent, against the order dated 01.02.2024, made in W.P. (MD) No. 10419 of 2023.

1. These batch of Writ Appeals are the sequitur of the writ petitions filed by various employees challenging the order of removal passed by the Commissioner of Milk Production and Dairy Development Department and the consequential orders passed by the General Manager, Madurai District Cooperative Milk Producers Union, Madurai.

2. The background of the case in brief is that, the Maudrai, Virudhunagar and Trichy District Co-operative Milk Producers Unions, issued a notification for recruitment of staff in various posts. Pursuant to the said notification, several candidates applied to the respective Unions and thereafter, on conducting written examination and interview, appointment orders were issued. On receiving complaints about the irregularity in the appointment, the Vigilance Cell of the Aavin Milk Producers Federation conducted an enquiry and found that the appointments made pursuant to the advertisement for filling up of various posts bristles with rampant irregularity and nepotism and therefore, proper enquiry is required to be co