IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 19-01-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI WP No.21786 of 2025 and W.M.P.Nos.24556 & 55365 of 2025 R.Madhavi ..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The CMWSS Board Rep. By It’s Managing Director, No.1, Pumping Station Road, Chintadripet, Chennai-02.

2. The Superintending Engineer (P&D), CMWSS Board, No.1, Pumping Station Road, Chintadripet, Chennai-02.

3. The Vigilance Officer/The General Manager, Vigilance Cell, Chennai Metropolitan Water Sewerage Board, Chintadripet, Chennai-02.

..Respondent(s)

Prayer: This writ petition is filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus praying to call for the record pertaining to the proceedings, charge memo No. CMWSSB/P&A/VC2/ 33012/2024 dated 04.04.2025, issued by the first respondent, alleged to have happened in the year 2013 and quash the said proceedings and consequently direct the first respondent to include the petitioner’s name in Superintendent Engineer panel list, as per original seniority List/following the confirmed Assistant Executive Engineers’ list to promote as Executive Engineer published on 14.03.2018, notionally placing the petitioner in the appropriate place, just before her junior and provide further promotion as Superintending Engineer, thereby grant all eligible service and monetary benefits, considering the order passed in W.P.No.4960/24 by Madras High Court and for other suitable order(s)

in the circumstances of the case.

For Petitioner(s): Mr.P.Thiagarajan For Respondent(s): Mr.Krishna Ravindran

ORDER

This writ petition is filed to call for the record pertaining to the proceedings, charge memo No. CMWSSB/P&A/VC2/ 33012/2024 dated 04.04.2025, issued by the first respondent, alleged to have happened in the year 2013 and quash the said proceedings and consequently direct the first respondent to include the petitioner’s name in Superintendent Engineer panel list, as per original seniority List/following the confirmed Assistant Executive Engineers’ list to promote as Executive Engineer published on 14.03.2018, notionally placing the petitioner in the appropriate place, just before her junior and provide further promotion as Superintending Engineer, thereby grant all eligible service and monetary benefits, considering the order passed in W.P.No.4960/24 by Madras High Court and for other suitable order(s) in the circumstances of the case.

2. The case of the petitioner is that the petitioner was appointed as an Assistant Engineer in the year 1991 and promoted as Assistant Executive Engineer in the year 2013. In the said year, the petitioner was implicated in a criminal case in Crime No.5 of 2013 on the file of the Special Investigation Cell, Vigilance and anti-corruption, Chennai, for the offence under the provisions of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1998. Pursuant to the said case, the petitioner was subjected to criminal trial in C.C.No.2 of 2015 on the file of the Special Court for cases under the Prevention of Corruption Act, Chennai. Pursuant to the said FIR, the petitioner was served with a charge memo dated 12.11.2014. However, after serving the charge memo, no enquiry was conducted. In the meanwhile, the Criminal Court, by a judgment dated 24.04.2023, acquitted the petitioner. Thereafter, the petitioner submitted a representation to drop the charge memo issued against her. Further, there was no action and as such, she was constrained to file a writ petition before this Court in W.P.No.29620 of 2023. This Court, by an order dated 12.10.2023, directed the respondents to conclude the disciplinary proceedings within a period of fourteen weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of the order. However, the same was not complied. In the meanwhile, the enquiry officer concluded the disciplinary proceeding and filed a report on 09.07.2024 that the charges against the petitioner was not proved. On the basis of the said report, the respondents have dropped the proceedings against the petit