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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
MUMMINENI SUDHEER KUMAR
S.M Kanna – Appellant
Versus
Secretary to Government, Energy Department – Respondent
ORDER :
Mummineni Sudheer Kumar, J.
All the petitioners herein are the persons, who were appointed as Assistant Engineers (Electrical) by way of direct recruitment conducted in the year 2012 in the respondent Board. They approached this Court by filing the present writ petition challenging Memo No.016424/206/G3/G.32/2020-2, dated 03.03.2025, whereby the inter se seniority list among persons appointed during the recruitment that took place in the year 2012, and the letter dated 21.08.2025, whereby, reports were called for from all the Chief Engineers for preparation of panel for promotion to the post of Assistant Executive Engineers (Electrical).
2. The case of the petitioners is that, though they were recruited as early as in the year 2012, no final seniority list had been prepared among the Assistant Engineers (Electrical) recruited during the year 2012. Only a tentative seniority list was communicated through CE / Personnel Memo No. 002542/01/G3/G3(2)/2020-9, dated 07.02.2024, and for the first time, the said list has been finalised through impugned memo, dated 03.03.2025. According to petitioners, the inter se seniority has been fixed among the 2012 batch direct recruits by followi
Seniority among Assistant Engineers must be determined by the appointment date per Regulation 97 of TNEB, not by the joining date, ensuring equal treatment and compliance with service regulations.
Revisions to seniority lists in public service must comply with established legal principles regarding merit and prior judicial directives, preserving previously established ranks unless lawfully cha....
The seniority of candidates appointed from the Reserve List does not rank senior to the candidates initially recommended/appointed in terms of the first recommendation of the UPSC, as they possess hi....
The main legal point established in the judgment is that the seniority of the petitioners should be counted from the date of their regularization as Assistant Engineers. The court also emphasized the....
The main legal point established in the judgment is the importance of maintaining the rank list and seniority for selected candidates, as governed by Regulation 97 of the Tamil Nadu Electricity Board....
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