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W.P. No.14507 of 2024

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED: 27.02.2026

CORAM:

THE HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE M. DHANDAPANI

W.P. No.14507 of 2024

I. Kandasamy ...Petitioner

vs.

1. The State of Tamil Nadu,

Rep. by its

The Secretary to Government Municipal

Administration & Water Supply Dept.,

Fort. St. George,

Chennai – 600 009.

2. The Commissioner for Municipal Administration,

R.A. Puram,

MRC Nagar,

Chennai – 600 028.

3. The Commissioner,

Athur Municipalities,

Salem District. … Respondents

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

praying to issue Writ of Mandamus directing the respondents to implement the

order passed in W.P. No.14397 of 2013 dated 01.09.2015 and thereby to bring

the petitioner under regular time scale together with service and monetary

benefits with interest and to pass appropriate orders within a time frame fixed

by this Court.

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For petitioner : Mr.G. Ilamurugu

For respondent : Mr.C. Selvaraj

Addl. Govt. Pleader for R1 & R2

Mr.L.P. Maurya for R3

ORDER

The prayer sought for in this writ petition is for a direction to the

respondents to implement the order passed in W.P. No.14397 of 2013 dated

01.09.2015 and thereby to bring the petitioner under regular time scale together

with service and monetary benefits with interest and to pass appropriate orders

within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

2. It is stated that the petitioner was appointed as sanitary worker on daily

wages and is continuously working ever since from 1988 without any break

under the 3^rd respondent. In order to bring daily wages employees under regular

time scale of pay, several G.O.’s have been issued by the Government during

the year 1997 and 1998. Due to financial crunch, the fresh recruitment was

banned in the year 2001 and thereby the 1^st respondent directed the 2^nd

respondent to keep the process of regularisation of existing employees in

abeyance and subsequently the general ban was lifted in the year 2006. It is

the contention of the petitioner that contrary to the provisions, the 3^rd respondent

regularised the services of the petitioner and granted regular time scale of pay

from 2006 instead of 1996. Challenging the said regularisation passed by the

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3^rd respondent, the petitioner and other similarly placed persons, had earlier

filed a writ petition viz., W.P. No.14397 of 2013 before this Court and seeking a

direction to bring the petitioner under regular time scale of pay with effect from

28.01.1996 and to grant consequential benefits by taking into account the

consolidated service, in terms of G.O.Ms.Nos.199 and 84, dated 12.08.1997 and

21.05.1998.

3. It is further stated that the said writ petition in W.P.No.14397 of 2013

and etc. batch was allowed by the Hon’ble Division Bench of this Court by

order dated 01.09.2015. However, till date, the said order has not been

implemented by the respondents. Hence, the present writ petition has been filed

seeking a direction to the 3^rd respondent to implement the order passed by this

Court in W.P.No.14397 of 2013 dated 01.09.2015.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted it would suffice, if this

Court issues directions to the respondents to implement the order passed in W.P.

No.14307 of 2013, dated 01.09.2015 with regard to regularisation of regular

time scale of pay, within a time frame to be fixed by this Court.

5. Mr.C. Selvaraj, learned Additional Government Pleader appearing for

the respondents 1 and 2 submitted that he has no objection for issuance of such

a suitable directions by this Court.

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6. Considering the limited scope of the prayer sought for in the present

writ petition, this Court, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the

case, directs the respondents to implement th