BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT

ORDER RESERVED ON : 18.12.2025

ORDER PRONOUNCED ON : 08.01.2026

CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE R.VIJAYAKUMAR

W.P.(MD).No.26017 of 2022

and WMP(MD).Nos.20157 & 20158 of 2022

S.Sheela Devi

Sales Women (Formerly)

Pullampadi West Fair Price Shop

TY-SPL 92 Pullampadi Primary Agricultural

Co-operative Credit Society

Pullampadi Post, Lalgudi Taluk

Thiruchirappalli District 621 717 ....Petitioner

Vs

1.The Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies /Revision Officer

Thiruchirappalli Region

Office of the Joint Registrar of Co-operative Societies

Kaja Malai, Trichy 20

Thiruchirappalli District

2.The President

TY.SPL92, Pullampadi Primary Agricultural

Co-operative Credit Society

Pullampadi Post, Lalgudi Taluk

Thiruchirappalli District 621 717

3.The Administrator

TY.SPL92, Pullampadi Primary Agricultural

Co-operative Credit Society

Pullampadi Post, Lalgudi Taluk

Thiruchirappalli District 621 717

(R3 is impleaded vide Court order dated 25.02.2025) ....Respondents Prayer: This Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus calling for the records relating to the impugned order passed by the first respondent of dismissing the 153 petition of the petitioner vide Na.Ka.No.2281/2022 sa ba (Revision Petition No.2 of 2022) dated 06.10.2022 and consequently the impugned punishment of dismissal order of the second respondent dated 12.01.2022 and quash the same and consequently direct the respondents to reinstate the petitioner with full attend benefit.

For Petitioner : Mr.S.Karthikeyan For Respondents : Mr.N.Satheeshkumar Additional Government Pleader for R1 : Mr.V.O.S.Kalaiselvam for R2

O R D E R

The present writ petition has been filed by a former Saleswoman of a Fair Price Shop run by a Co-operative Society challenging the order passed by the first respondent herein who had confirmed the order of punishment of dismissal passed by the second respondent.

2.The petitioner herein was working as a Saleswoman in a Fair Price Shop run by Pullampadi Primary Agricultural Co-operative Credit Society. She was issued with a charge call memo in January 2021. The petitioner has challenged the said charge memo in WP(MD).No.3563 of 2021 which was dismissed on 23.02.2021. The petitioner was placed under suspension by an order dated 15.03.2021 which was challenged by the petitioner in WP(MD).No.6109 of 2021. The said writ petition was dismissed on

08.09.2021.

3.The petitioner had submitted her explanation on 09.09.2021 denying the allegation. On 04.10.2021, the petitioner had made a request for furnishing of certain documents. An enquiry was conducted and a report was submitted on 26.11.2021 to the effect that the charges as against the petitioner stood proved. The petitioner has given an explanation on 19.12.2021. Not being satisfied with the explanation, the impugned order of dismissal from service was dismissed on 12.01.2022.

4.The petitioner herein had filed WP(MD).No.3292 of 2022 challenging the order of dismissal. The said writ petition was dismissed by this Court on 22.02.2022 granting liberty to the petitioner to file a revision petition under Section 153 of Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act. Accordingly, the petitioner had filed a revision petition before the first respondent on 05.04.2022. Even though the arguments were completed in May 2022, the orders were not passed. Therefore, the petitioner had filed WP(MD).No.16667 of 2022 seeking a mandamus to pass final orders in the writ petition and the writ petition was disposed of on 28.07.2022 directing the first respondent to dispose of the appeal within a period of three months. In compliance with the order of this Court, the first respondent has disposed of the revision on 06.10.2022 confirming the order of dismissal passed by the second respondent. This order is put to challenge in the present writ petition.

5.A perusal of the charge memo issued in January 2021 reveals that the petitioner was charged with the misconduct of distrib