IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS DATED: 17-02-2026 CORAM THE HON'BLE MR JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI WP No. 5184 5187, 5191, 5194, 5200, 5202 and 5209 of 2026 W.P No.5184 of 2026 P.Dhasan, S/o.Pudhaliya, No.3/46,Christhupuram, Manalikkarai Post, Kanyakumari District.

..Petitioner(s)

Vs

1. The Secretary to Government of Tamil Nadu, Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department, Fort St.George, Chennai-9

2. The Director of Town Panchayat, No.78,Urban Administrative Buildings, Santhome High Road, Raja Annamalaipuram, Chennai-600 028

3. The Executive Officer, Kumarapuram Town Panchayat, Kumarapuram, Kanyakumari District. 4. The Commissioner, Commissionerate of Treasuries and Accounts CPS Cell.

Govt Data Centre,5th floor, Perasiriyar K.Anbalagan Maligai, No.571,Anna Salai, Nandanam,Chennai-35

5. The Director of Local Fund Audit, Perasiriyar Anbalagan Maaligai, 4th floor,Nandanam, Chennai-35 ..Respondent(s)

Writ Petition filed under Article 226 of Constitution of India, to issue a Writ of Mandamus, directing the respondents to grant pension to the petitioner from the date of his eligibility along with eligible arrears after adjusting the deducted CPS amount till his retirement by counting his 50% of the past service along with his regular service as the qualifying service for the purpose of pension by considering his written representation dated 18-11-2025 submitted in terms of G.O.(D) 613 Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department dated 24.10.2025.

For Petitioner(s): M/s.P.I.Thirumoorthy For Respondent(s) Dr.T.Seenivasan, for R1, R2, R4, R5 in W.P Nos.5184, Special Government Pleader

5187, 5191, 5194 &

5200 of 2026 For R1, R2, R4, & Mr.C.Selvaraj for R5 in W.P Nos.5202 & 5209 of 2026: Additional Government Pleader Mr.C.Sathish For R3 W.P Nos.5191 & 5194 of Government Advocate

2026 For R3 in W.P Mr.B.Tamil Nidhi No.5184 & 5187 of Government Advocate

2026 For R3 in W.P Mr.J.Daniel Nos.5200, 5202 &

5209 of 2026 Government Advocate

COMMON ORDER

These seven writ petitions have been filed seeking a direction to the respondents to grant pension to the petitioners from the date of their eligibility along with eligible arrears after adjusting the deducted CPS amount till their retirement by counting their 50% of the past service along with their regular service as the qualifying service for the purpose of pension by considering their written representations dated 18-11-2025, 24.11.2025, 22.11.2025, submitted in terms of G.O.(D) 613 Municipal Administration and Water Supply Department dated 24.10.2025.

2.The case of the petitioners is that they are employees of the respective Town Panchayats. They initially entered service on 31.12.1981, 07.06.1988, 01.06.1987, 31.05.2001, 1985, 1985, 26.03.1993 respectively. However, their services were regularised only on 01.10.2003, 01.08.2004, 30.07.2004, 31.05.2004, 27.08.2004, 27.08.2004 and 01.08.2003 respectively. According to the Government Order issued by the State Government, persons who have completed 10 years of service are entitled to regularisation. In the present case, the petitioners were regularised only after 20 years of service, which according to them, is unsustainable. They ought to have been regularised on 03.02.2003 and 01.04.2003. Instead, they were regularised after 01.04.2003, thereby rendering them ineligible for the Old Pension Scheme. If their services had been regularised prior to 01.04.2003, they would have been entitled to the Old Pension Scheme. Since their services were regularised after 01.04.2003, the present writ petitions have been filed seeking retrospective regularisation. 3.The learned counsel for the petitioners would submit that, as per Rule

11(4) of the Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978, the petitioners are entitled to have 50% of services rendered on a daily wages basis prior to regularisation counted for pensionary benefits. The learned counsel for the petitioner also relied upon the judgment of the Division Bench of this Court in W.A No.458 of

2019 etc. batch. Ac