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2026 Supreme(Mad) 1472

BEFORE THE MADURAI BENCH OF MADRAS HIGH COURT
N.SATHISH KUMAR, M.JOTHIRAMAN
General Manager (Administration) TNSTC (KUM) Limited – Appellant
Versus
K. Selvaraj – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
For the Appellants : Veera Kathiravan, S.C. Herold Singh
For the Respondents: C.K. Chandrasekaran, A. Rahul, K. Ramaiah

Table of Content
1. workmen completed 480 days as daily wagers, later regularized under settlement. (Para 2 , 9)
2. settlement binding vs. statutory permanent status right. (Para 4)
3. prior rulings upheld permanent status over settlement. (Para 5 , 6 , 7 , 8)
4. permanent status act s.3 overrides id act settlements via non-obstante and art.254(2). (Para 11 , 12 , 13 , 14 , 15 , 16 , 17)
5. appeals dismissed upholding permanent status. (Para 18)

JUDGMENT :

M. JOTHIRAMAN, J.

1. The present intra Court appeals have been instituted challenging the writ orders passed in the writ petitions on different dates. Since the issues to be considered are common, these writ appeals have been tagged together, heard together and are being disposed of by this common judgment.

2. The case of the respondents/workmen is that they were initially engaged as daily wages basis on various dates as Driver and Conductor in Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation between 2000-2001. As per 12(3) settlement entered between the Trade Union and Transport Corporation, permanent status has to be given to the workmen on completion of 240 days in one year as daily paid workmen. Thereafter, the employees were filed an applicati

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