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W.P.Nos.23639, 23798, 23835, 24049, 24053, 24051, 24055, 24475 and 24579 of 2025

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS

DATED : 25.03.2026

CORAM

THE HONOURABLE MR.JUSTICE M.DHANDAPANI

W.P.Nos.23639, 23798, 23835, 24049, 24053, 24051, 24055, 24475 and 24579 of 2025

And W.M.P.Nos.26592, 26595, 26782, 26783, 26833, 26834,

27068, 27072, 27073, 27069, 27070, 27074, 27075, 27576, 27577, 27682 and 27685 of 2025 M/s.Maduranthagam Co-operative Sugar Mills Limited,

Rep. by its Administrator, Having Office at Padalam Post,

Maduranthagam Taluk, Chengalpattu District. ... Petitioner in all the W.Ps.

Vs.

1.The Additional Commissioner of Labour, (Appellate Authority under the Payment of

Gratuity Act, 1972)

Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Board Building D.M.S.Compound,

Teynampet, Chennai – 6.

2.The Deputy Commissioner of Labour, (DCL-2)

(Controlling Authority under the Payment of Gratuity Act, 1972)

Tamil Nadu Labour Welfare Board Building, D.M.S.Compound,

Teynampet, Chennai – 6. ... Respondents in all the W.Ps.

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3.A.Mariyappan ... Respondent in W.P.23639/2025 3.S.Arumugam ... Respondent in W.P.23798/2025 3.M.Pongavanam ... Respondent in W.P.23835/2025 3.Pattu ... Respondent in W.P.24049/2025 3.K.Ranganathan ... Respondent in W.P.24053/2025 3.R.Lakshmanan ... Respondent in W.P.24051/2025 3.T.Dhasarathan ... Respondent in W.P.24055/2025 3.M.Radhakrishnan ... Respondent in W.P.24475/2025 3.K.E.Varadhan ... Respondent in W.P.24579/2025

Prayer in W.P.No.23639 of 2025:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the order of the first respondent dated 05.01.2023 made in PGA No.25/2021 on the ground of jurisdictional facts in terms of Sections 79 and 153 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 and quash the same with consequential direction to the second respondent to refund the gratuity amount of Rs.2,23,941/- relating to the third respondent – deposited by the petitioner Sugar Mill within the time to

be stipulated by this Hon’ble Court.

Prayer in W.P.No.23798 of 2025:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the order of the first respondent dated 05.01.2023 made in PGA No.14/2021 on the ground of jurisdictional facts in terms of Sections 79 and 153 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 and quash the same with consequential direction to the second respondent

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to refund the gratuity amount of Rs.2,46,613/- relating to the third respondent – deposited by the petitioner Sugar Mill within the time to

be stipulated by this Hon’ble Court.

Prayer in W.P.No.23835 of 2025:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the order of the first respondent dated 05.01.2023 made in PGA No.16/2021 on the ground of jurisdictional facts in terms of Sections 79 and 153 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 and quash the same with consequential direction to the second respondent to refund the gratuity amount of Rs.2,47,314/- relating to the third respondent – deposited by the petitioner Sugar Mill within the time to

be stipulated by this Hon’ble Court.

Prayer in W.P.No.24049 of 2025:

Petition filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India to issue a Writ of Certiorarified Mandamus to call for the records of the order of the first respondent dated 05.01.2023 made in PGA No.07/2021 on the ground of jurisdictional facts in terms of Sections 79 and 153 of the Tamil Nadu Co-operative Societies Act, 1983 and quash the same with consequential direction to the second re