2024:MHC:1727 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS Reserved on 19.12.2023 Pronounced on 10.04.2024 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.S.RAMESH W.P.Nos.9366, 9371 & 9377 of 2023 and W.M.P.Nos.9466, 9467, 9472, 9473, 9476 & 9477 of 2023 K.Karuppannan ...Petitioner in W.P.No.9366/2023 A.Marimuthu ...Petitioner in W.P.No.9371/2023 K.C.Ganesan ...Petitioner in W.P.No.9377/2023 Vs.

1.The Chairman-cum-Managing Director, Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation Ltd. (TANGEDCO), NPKRR Maligai, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 002.

2.The Chief Engineer (Personnel), TANGEDCO, NPKRR Maligai, 144, Anna Salai, Chennai – 600 002. 3.The Chief Engineer (Distribution), TANGEDCO, Erode Zone, Erode.

4.The Superintending Engineer, TANGEDCO, Distribution Circle, Erode. ...Respondents in all WPs Prayer in W.P.No.9366 of 2023 Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, praying to issue a Certiorarified Mandamus, calling for the records of the 4^th respondent in Ku.Aa.No.84/251/NI.P/2 (2)/Ko.Oo.Na/2019-11, dated 22.02.2023 and the consequential proceedings in Koo.Aa.No/541/C.239/NI.P II (2) Ko.Oo.Na.246/2023-1, dated 22.02.2023 and quash the same on the ground it has been is