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W.P.No.44075 of 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 28.01.2026

CORAM :

THE HON’BLE MR.JUSTICE D.BHARATHA CHAKRAVARTHY

W.P.No.44075 of 2025

C.Kuppusami .. Petitioner

Versus

1. The Regional Joint Registrar of Co-operative

Societies,

Office of the Joint Registrar of Co-operative

Societies,

2nd floor, Collectorate,

Namakkal – 637 003.

2. The Deputy Registrar of Co-op. Societies,

Office of the Deputy Registrar of Co-operative

Societies,

Collectorate Building,

Namakkal – 637 003.

3. The Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies,

Office of Deputy Registrar of Co-operative Societies,

Erode Road,

Tiruchengodu Post,

Namakkal District. .. Respondents

Prayer : Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India

seeking a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to pay the salary for

the month of October, 2025 without any deduction to the employees of the

petitioner Union participated in the strike at Namakkal district

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immediately.

For Petitioner : Mrs.K.C.Muthulakshmi

For Respondents : Mrs.M.Geetha Thamaraiselvan,

Special Government Pleader

ORDER

This Writ Petition was filed originally with a prayer directing the

respondents to pay the salary for the month of October, 2025 without any

deduction to the employees of the petitioner union who participated in the

strike at Namakkal district.

2. The case of the petitioner is that it is a trade union registered

under the Trade Unions Act, 1926 representing the workmen of various

Co-operative Societies. While so, for the purpose of revision pay, when

the Societies were categorised as A, B and C according to the turn over

strength, while implementing the scales of pay, the workmen were given a

raw deal and on the strength of the circular issued by the Registrar of Co-

operative Societies, some of the allowances, already enjoyed, were also

withdrawn. Under these circumstances, the petitioner union gave a notice

of strike, dated 15.09.2025 to the Registrar of Co-operative Societies and

raised several demands.

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3. It is the case of the petitioner that the demands are very

reasonable and were never looked into by the Registrar of Co-operative

Societies or by the particular management. The date of strike was fixed as

06.10.2025 for demonstrating their demands peacefully. The strike

commenced on 06.10.2025 and on 09.10.2025, the Registrar called the

union, discussed the issue and the petitioner union also accepted the advice

of the Registrar, whereby, some promises were made to redress certain

long pending grievances of the employees. Accordingly, the strike was

called off on 10.10.2025 and the employees resumed the duty from

11.10.2025 itself. Under the said circumstances, the Writ Petition was

filed to pay the salary for the month of October, 2025 without any

deduction.

4. When the Writ Petition was entertained and a notice was

ordered, the employees were not paid the salary at all. Under the

circumstances, the matter was mentioned for taking up on urgent basis.

Even the next month salary, after completion of the month of November,

2025, was not immediately paid. When the matter came up for hearing on

09.12.2025, it was submitted on behalf of the learned Counsel for the

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respondents that the salary is being disbursed in the meanwhile.

Therefore, this Court, by way of an interim order, dated 09.12.2025,

recorded the same and adjourned the matter further. Thereafter, it is now

reported that the entire arrears of salary was paid and the salary is

continued to be paid month on month. However, the Registrar of Co-

operative Societies had issued a circular on 07.10.2025 to all the Societies

stating that those of the employees who participated in the strike will not

be paid salary for the respective dates, on which, they ind