Madras HC ends 30-yr wait of 88-yr-old man for service benefits
Chennai, Nov 24: Coming to the rescue of an 88-year-old man whose retirement benefits were put on hold by the Tamil Nadu government due to an inconclusive disciplinary proceeding that stretched beyond 30 years, the Madras High Court has directed the authorities to pay him all retirement and pension benefits.
Allowing the petition of R K Sundararajan, Justice R Suresh Kumar said the authorities have given absolutely no reason for not concluding the disciplinary proceedings initiated against the petitioner for the past 30 years.
The petitioner had sought quashing of a charge memo issued to him on January 26, 1988, by the then chief educational officer, Ramanathapuram, about 10 months ahead of his retirement.
The petitioner, who was a noon meal supervisor, sought a direction to authorities to allow him to retire from service on the date of his superannuation, November 30, 1988, and to disburse all service and consequential retirement and pension benefits to him.
On a criminal case that was pending against the petitioner, the judge said the authorities were not precluded from completing their disciplinary proceedings against him merely because of the pendency of the matter.
The magistrate court had in 2007 also said that no documents and evidence were available and no progress was shown in completing the trial.
"This kind of endless fluid situation cannot prevail against government servants. This is neither advisable nor acceptable," the court held.
The judge quashed the charge memo and directed the authorities to permit the petitioner to retire from service on his date of superannuation in 1988 and pay him all the retirement and pension benefits within six weeks from the date of receipt of the order.
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LIVE | Election Results of five states 2026
New Delhi: The countdown has begun for the counting of votes for the Assembly elections in five states that have captured the attention of people across the country.
The counting of votes for the Assembly constituencies of West Bengal, Tamil Nadu, Kerala, Assam and the Union Territory of Puducherry will begin simultaneously at 8 am, and the fate of candidates in a total of 824 constituencies will be decided shortly.
The counting of postal ballots will take place first, followed by the counting of EVM votes in several rounds.
- Bhupen Borah, who recently left Congress and joined the BJP, is leading in Assam’s Bihpuria constituency
- Assam CM Himanta Biswa Sarma is leading in Jalukabari constituency
- BJP leader Suvendu Adhikari is leading in West Bengal’s Nandigram constituencyFive-state elections: Postal vote counting begins
- TMC, BJP lead in one seat each in West Bengal
- In Tamil Nadu, DMK leads in 3 constituencies, while TVK leads in 1
- UDF leads in 5 seats in Kerala, BJP in 1, LDF in 1
- BJP leads in 2 seats, AIUDF in 1 in Assam
- AINRC leads in 1 constituency in Puducherry
- TMC leads in 5 seats in West Bengal; Mamata Banerjee’s party maintains initial lead
- Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin leads in Kolathur
- BJP takes early lead in Assam
- Congress-led UDF leads in Kerala
- In Tamil Nadu, TVK chief Vijay leads in the Perambur constituency, lags in Tiruchirappalli South
- BJP leads in 10 seats in Assam
- LDF candidate V.P.P. Mustafa leads in the Thrikkaripur Assembly constituency
- Out of 294 seats in West Bengal, BJP is leading in 14 seats, TMC in 12 seats, Congress in 2 seats
- Out of 234 seats in Tamil Nadu, DMK is leading in 15 seats, AIADMK is leading in 5 seats, TVK is leading in 2 seats
- Out of 126 seats in Assam, BJP is leading in 31 seats, Congress in 4 seats, AIUDF in 2 seats.
- Out of 30 seats in Puducherry, NRC+ is leading in 3 seats, Congress in 2 seats, TVK in 1 seat.
- Congress’ Adhir Ranjan Chowdhury suffers a setback in theBerhampore constituency in West Bengal.
