R. Kanagaraj vs. The State Of Tamil Nadu

COURT NO.4

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (C) No(s).17269-17271/2022

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 03-08-2022 in WA No. 82/2015 03-08-2022 in WA No. 95/2015 03-08-2022 in WP No. 5251/2022 passed by the High Court of Judicature at Madras)

ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS & ORS.

Petitioner(s)

Respondent $(s)$

VERSUS

THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU & ORS.

(IA No. 131793/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT, IA No. 131795/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 154188/2022 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING PAPER BOOKS)

WITH

SLP(C) No. 17267-17268/2022 (XII) ( IA No.138728/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.138729/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.138726/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE PETITION (SLP/TP/WP/..) and IA No.138727/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

SLP(C) No. 16508-16509/2022 (XII) (.FOR ADMISSION and I.R. and IA No.138819/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.138820/2022-EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. and IA No.138818/2022-PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

Date: 01-08-2023 These matters were called on for hearing today.

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE B.R. GAVAI CORAM : HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S.V.N. BHATTI

For Petitioner(s) Mr. Gopal Sankaranarayanan, Sr. Adv. Mr. N Subramaniyan, Adv. Mr. Pranav Sachdeva, AOR Mr. Jatin Bhardwaj, Adv. Ms. Trisha Chandran, Adv. Ms. Aakriti, Adv. Mr. Dama Seshadri Naidu, Sr. Adv. Ms. Preetika Dwivedi, AOR Mr. Abhisek Mohanty, Adv. Mr. Naveen Kumar Murthy, Adv.

Mr. N Subramanivan, Adv.

Ms. Neha Rathi, AOR Mr. Kamal Kishore, Adv. For Respondent(s) Mr. Sanjay R. Hegda, Sr. Adv. Mr. D.kumanan, AOR Mr. Sheikh F Kalia, Adv. Mrs. Deepa. S, Adv. Mr. V. Prakash, Sr. Adv. Mr. Senthil Jagadeesan, AOR Ms. Sonakshi Malhan, Adv. Mr. Sajal Jain, Adv. Mr. Veerabhadran, Adv. Mr. B.H. Marlapalle, Sr. Adv. Mr. K. K. Mani, AOR Ms. T.archana, Adv. Mr. Rajeev Gupta, Adv. Mr. Vinay Rajput, Adv. Dr. Joseph Aristotle S., AOR Ms. Neha Rathi, AOR UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following O R D E R

1. Leave granted.

2. We clarify that the respondent(s)/State would be at liberty to issue promotion orders as per the seniority to be determined in accordance with Rule 35(aa) of the Tamil Nadu State and Subordinate Services Rules.

3. Needless to state that the promotions shall be subject to the final outcome of these appeals.

(NARENDRA PRASAD) (R.S. NARAYANAN) ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS ASSISTANT REGISTRAR