IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 14.11.2025 CORAM:

THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE G.K.ILANTHIRAIYAN S.Vijayakumar ... Petitioner Vs.

1.THE MANAGING DIRECTOR, TAMIL NADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (TNSTC), SALEM LTD, NO.12, RAMAKRISHNA ROAD, SALEM-07

2.THE GENERAL MANAGER, TAMILNADU STATE TRANSPORT CORPORATION (TNSTC), SALEM LTD, DHARMAPURI REGION, DHARMAPURI

3.THE ADMINISTRATOR, TNSTC EMPLOYEES PENSION FUND TRUST, OFFICE OF THE SETC HO, THIRUVALLUVAR HOUSE, PALLAVAN SALAI, CHENNAI-600 002 ... Respondents PRAYER:

Writ Petition is filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India praying to issue a Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to re-fix the pay of the petitioner by adopting 2.57 multiplier/matrix on par with 7th pay revision from the date of promotion with subsequent increments and to revise the terminal benefits and pension further to disburse the difference amount and pension arrears along with 6 percent interest within the stipulated time as may be fixed by this Court For Petitioner : Mr.J.Pradeep For Respondents For R1 & 2 : Mrs.Dakshayani Reddy, Senior Counsel for Mrs.Madhuri Donthi Reddy, Standing Counsel

O R D E R

This writ petition has been filed for direction to the respondents to re-fix the pay of the petitioner by adopting 2.57 multiplier/matrix on par with 7th pay revision from the date of promotion with subsequent increments and to revise the terminal benefits and pension, further to disburse the difference amount and pension arrears along with 6 percent interest within the stipulated 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.43476 of 2025 and this Court by order dated 14.11.2025 directed the respondent therein to fix the pay by adopting 2.57 matrix and to disburse the arrears. The relevant portion of that order is extracted hereunder:

4. It is relevant to extract the relevant portion of the order passed by the Hon'ble Division Bench of Madruai Bench of this Court in WP(MD).No.1099 of 2024 dated 04.07.2024 as follows:

7.The fixation of pay in respect of the employees, who are working in the appellant Transport Corporation, is fixed under two categories, if employee is workman, he is covered under 12(3) settlement of the Industrial Disputes Act or if the employee is in a supervisory or managerial cadre, he is getting pay as per the Government pattern.

8.After the Tamil Nadu Revision of Pay Rules -2017 came into force, based on the request made by the employees, who had migrated from the workman category to the supervisory category, an One Man Commission was constituted and pursuant to the recommendation of the Committee, the pay fixation by adopting 2.44 multiplier was adopted in respect of those employees, who have been promoted to supervisory or managerial cadre. Subsequently, in view of the representation made by the Union for adopting the multiplier factor of 2.57, an Arbitrator was appointed and pursuant to the award, dated 26.03.2018, the Government issued G.O.(Ms)No.330, Transport (C1) Department, dated 31.10.2018, directing the State Transport Department to continue the existing benefit allowed in G.O(Ms)No.220, Transport (C1) Department, dated 23.07.2018, by applying 2.44 multiplier factor to the technical/administrative supervisory cadre employees, who have been promoted and migrated to Government scale of pay between 11.01.2016 and 31.08.2016 as well as after 01.09.2016 (ie., after getting the benefit of wage settlement~2016) and fix the pay of the above category of employees. Therefore, in view of the above Government Order, an employee, who has migrated from workman category to the supervisory category, between the period of 01.01.2016 to 31.08.2016 and also the employees, who have been migrated after 01.09.2016, who have received the 2016 wage settlement, will be covered by fixing pay scale by adopting 2.44 multiplier factor.

10.When G.O.(Ms)No.330, dated 31.10.2018, makes it clear that only the empl