IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED : 14.11.2025 CORAM THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN K.Karthikeyan ... Petitioner Vs

1.THE PRINCIPAL SECRETARY, TRANSPORT DEPARTMENT, GOVERNMENT OF TAMILNADU, FORT ST, GEORGE, CHENNAI-600 009.

2.TAMILNADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (COIMBATORE)LTD, REP.BY ITS MANAGING DIRECTOR, 37, METTUPALAYAM ROAD, COIMBATORE-641 043

3.THE GENERAL MANAGER, TAMILNADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION(KOVAI)LTD.

ERODE REGION, ERODE.

4.THE ADMINISTRATOR, TAMILNADU STATE TRANSPORT EMPLOYEES’ PENSION FUND TRUST, THIRUVALLUVAR ILLAM, ANNA SALAI, CHENNAI-2 ... Respondents Prayer: Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the Respondents to give pay revision and pay fixation to the petitioner w.e.f. 21.09.2017 notionally, by applying the multiplier of 2.57 as per para 8 in G.O.Ms.No.303, Finance (Pay Cell) dated 11.10.17, G.O.Ms.No.319, Finance (BPE) Department, dated 31.10.2018, G.O.Ms.No.134, Transport (C1) Department, dated 09.04.2018 and with monetary benefits w.e.f. 01.10.2017 with arrears of salary, terminal/pension benefits namely, Gratuity, Encashment of Leave, Monthly Pension and Commutated Value of Pension, by revising them based on such revised pay within a specified time as may be fixed by this Court.

For Petitioner : Mr.V.Ajay Khose For Respondents For R1 : Mr.R.U.Dinesh Rajkumar, Additional Government Pleader For R2 & 3 : Mr.M.Muralivinoth, Standing Counsel

O R D E R

This Writ Petition has been filed for direction to the Respondents to give pay revision and pay fixation to the petitioner w.e.f. 21.09.17 notionally, by applying the multiplier of 2.57 as per para 8 in G.O.Ms.No.303, Finance (Pay Cell) dated 11.10.17, G.O.Ms.No.319, Finance (BPE) Department, dated 31.10.2018, G.O.Ms.No.134, Transport (C1) Department, dated 09.04.2018 and with monetary benefits w.e.f.

01.10.2017 with arrears of salary, terminal/pension benefits namely, Gratuity, Encashment of Leave, Monthly Pension and Commutated Value of Pension, by revising them based on such revised pay within a specified time as may be fixed by this Court.

2. The issue involved in this writ petition has already been dealt with by this Court in WP.No.42137 of 2025 and this Court by order dated 06.11.2025, granted the relief requested by the petitioner therein. The relevant portion of the order is extracted hereunder:

“7. There is yet another aspect. The petitioner invoked the provisions of the RTI Act and obtained written response from the management on 05.08.2019 that similarly placed employees who were given the benefit of the 2013 wage settlement were given the benefit of 2.57 multiplier. A copy of the said response has been enclosed at Page No.29 of the typed set of papers. Denying the benefit sought for by the petitioner would be a clear infraction of the mandate of equality set out in Article 14 of the Constitution of India. The impugned G.O. is inapplicable to the case of the petitioner. The respondents have proceeded on the erroneous premise that the petitioner got the benefit of the 2016 wage settlement. Once this factual assumption has been demonstrated to be incorrect, the G.O. cannot be made applicable to the petitioner. The respondents are directed to refix his pay by adopting 2.57 multiplier/matrix by taking into account the 7th Pay Revision. Such an order shall be passed by the second respondent within a period of three weeks from the date of receipt of a copy of this order. The consequential monetary benefits shall be disbursed within a period of six wees thereafter with 6% interest to be computed from the date of the petitioner’s entitlement.”

4.Aggrieved by the same, the respondents preferred a writ appeal in W.A (MD) No.1099 of 2024. The Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court dismissed the writ appeal by an order dated 04.07.2024 and observed as follows :

“9. In the instant case, the writ petitioner/first respondent, who was originally appointed as Clerk on 16.06.