Madras High Court
S.Pitchiah vs Union Of India on 31 May, 2017
Author: V.Parthiban
Bench: V.Parthiban
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT MADRAS
Reserved on: 23.04.2019
Delivered on: .04.2019
CORAM
THE HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE V.PARTHIBAN
W.P.Nos.11866 and 11967 of 2019
W.M.P.NOs.12082, 12084, 12085 and 12239, 12242,
12245 of 2019
W.P.No.11866 of 2019:
1 Rajasekaran C
S/o.M.Chandrahasan 4/22 Bakthavasalam
Street Thiruvallurvarsalai Teynampet
Chennai 600018.
2 Baskaran T.
S/o.S.Thirugnanam 205/7 Dr.Ramasamy Salai
K.K.Nagar Chennai 600078.
3 Srinivasan K.
S/o.V.Kuppusamy Plot No.40 Aibea Nagar
Mogappair West Chennai 600037.
4 Khader Mohideen S.H.
S/o. S.E.Hayath Basha 131 First Street
Bharathipuram Shenoy Nagar Chennai -
600030.
5 Pandiayaraj P.
S/o.Paramasivam P. 26/2C Mgr Nagar 3rd
Cross Street Velacherry Chennai 600042.
6 Manickam A.
S/o K.Arumugam 27 Ravanan Nagar 4th Street
Puzhuthivakkam Chennai 600091.
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7 Shahul Hameed S.M.
S/o S.A.Mohideen 5/9 Gangaiamman Koil Lane
Royapettah Chennai 600014.
8 Murugesan S.P.
S/o Pichaiya 2B Prasanth Castle 51 Tenth
Avenue Ashok Nagar Chennai 600083.
9 Janakiraman S.
S/o N.Subramani 32 Bajanai Koil 4th Street
Thiru Vi.Ka. Colony Choolaimedu Chennai
600094.
10 Krishnamurthy K.G.
S/o K.Ganapathy 12 Chakrapani Gardern Srp
Koil Street Jawahar Nagar Chennai 600082.
11 Jeevanantham D.
S/o K.R.Devarajan 5/14 16th Street
Abirami Avenue Kaviarasu Kannadasan Nagar
Kodungaiyur Chennai 600118.
12 Viarappan G.
S/o Ganapathy Thevar 3 Vallalar Street
Annai Indira Nagar Velacherry Chennai
600042.
13 Venkatesan N.
S/o V.M. Natesan No.86 RGP Nagar Phase I
Perumalpattu Thiruvallur Dt. Pin 602024.
14 Parthiban S.
S/o M.Sundaramurthy 2980 B Type MMDA III
Main Road Manali Mathur Chennai 600008.
15 Kunchithapatham R.
S/o V.Ramamoorthy New 13 Old No.6 Neeli
Veerasamy Street Triplicane Chennai 600005.
16 Venugopal R.
S/o M.Ramalingam 2/35 S1 Om Muruga Flats
2nd Main Road Veeramani Nagar Nanmangalam
Chennai 600117.
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17 Loganathan R
S/o S.Rathinam 81 Mandaveli Street Chennai
600028.
18 Pachaiyappan M.P.
S/o. V.M.Pandurrangam Pillai 143/2
Satchidhantham Street Kosapet Chennai
600012.
19 Radha Krishnan L.
S/o.A.P.Letchumanan 5/11 A Othavadai
Street Nesapakkam West K.K.Nagar Chennai
600078.
20 Babu S.
S/o.V.Subban 41/12 A Janvasu Street
Madhavaram Milk Colony Chennai 600051.
21 Udayan T.
R.Thangarajan 8 K Lig Flats T.N.H.B.
Thiruvallurvar Nagar Thondayarpet Chennai
600081.
22 Mariappan S.
S/o. L.Subramani 45 A Tenth Avenue Banu
Nagar Pudur Ambathur Chennai 600053.
23 Poraman M.
S/o.Maruthanayagam Pillai No.110 Senthil
Rail Nagar 3rd Main Road Urapakkam 603210
Kancheepuram Dt.
24 Elumalai.K
S/o. P.Krishna Pillai 10 Veeramamunivar
Street Raj Kilpakkam Chennai 600073.
25 Kumar M.
S/o. Mani 3742-B Second Main Road MMDA
Mathur Manali Chennai 600068.
26 Jayashree P.
D/o. A.R.Panduranga Rao 21/1 T.P.Koil
Street Triplicane Chennai 600005.
27 Selvaganapathy J.
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S/o.T.Jagadeesan Shivas - Flat No.10 2
28th Cross Street Indira Nagar Adyar
Chennai 600020.
28 Devanesan D.
S/o.J.J.Doss 2/96 First Street Main Road
Lazar Nagar Kamaraj Nagar Avadi Chennai
600071.
29 Sekar V.
S/o.Varadhan A18 Kabali Garden Mylapore
Chennai 600004.
30 Jayabalan R.
S/o.Rajanna 1 A Jains Asharya Phase I fod
Block 2 Vembuliamman Koil Street West K.K.
Nagar Chennai 600078.
31 Balasubramanian T.
S/o.Thirumalai Samy B1 Mangalam Apartments
R.r.Nagar North Old Karur Road
Sellamanthadi Post Dindigul Dt.
32 Balachandran K.N.
S/o.K.Narasimhalu H5 Lotus Colony Nandanam
Chennai 600035.
33 Valarmathi Jone A.
w/o Kalaiselvam 1 South Lock Street
Kottur Chennai 85.
Vs
1 Union of India
[ RESPONDENT ]
rep. by Secretary to Government of India
Ministry of Labour and Employment Shram
Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi - 110
001.
2 Central Provident Fund Commi
ssioner Employees Provident Fund
Organisation Ministry of labour and
Employment Govt. of India Bhavishya Nidhi
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Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place N
3 Addl. Central Provident Fund
Commissioner HQ (Pension) Employees
Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi
Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi -
110 066.
4 Regional Provident Fund Comm
issioner-I (pension) Employees Provident
Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan
14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi - 110 066.
5 Addl.Central Provident Fund
Commissioner Employees Provident Fund
Organisation 37 Royapettah High Road
Chennai 600 014.
6 Regional Provident Fund Comm
issoner Employees Provident Fund
Organisation 37 Royapettah High Road
Chennai 600 014.
7 The Managing Director
The Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank
Ltd. 233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai
600001.
8 The Chairman
The TNSC Bank EPF Trust NO.233 (New No.4)
NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001. ... Respondents
W.P.No.11967 of 2019:
1 S.Pitchiah
S/o. P. Subramania Mudaliar No.3
Ramalingam Appts. MMDA Colony Chennai -
600 106.
2 R.Dhanasekaran
S/o. Rathnavel 19/6 Lakshmi Narayan
Perumal koil Street Pallikaranai Chennai -
600 100.
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3 P.N. Sivadasan
S/o. Neelakandan 43/6 14th Lane Indira
Nagar Adyar Chennai - 600 020.
4 D. Mahalingam
S/o. Duraiswamy Old 138 New 35/35
Valmigi Street Tiruvanmiyur Chennai -
600 041.
5 M. NirmalaDevi
D/o. C.K. Murugesan Old No. 40 New No. 6
Jagannathapuram 1st Street Chetpet
Chennai - 600 031.
6 C. Ramalingam
S/o. P.R. Chokkalingam No.58 Sadasivam
Nagar 1st Cross Street Kamarajapuram
Sembakkam Chennai- 600 073.
7 V. Muthukumaran
S/o. M. Vadivelu H-10 Prakti (Alacrity)
367-368 100 ft. Road Velachery Chennai -
600 042.
8 V.R. Meenakshi
D/o. Rm. Veerappan A-2 I Floor Sarojini
Aparts. Sarojini Street T.Nagar Chennai -
600 017.
9 S. Subramanian
S/o. Somasundaram 44-A Vijashanthi Aparts
Kalashetra Road Thiruvanmiyur Chennai -
600 041.
10 A. Umadevi
D/o. F.S. Antony 44/4 Kandasamy Steet
Pallipattu Chennai - 600113.
11 R. Sampath Kumar
S/o. V.A. Rajabathar Old No. 17 New No. 19
Kanniyamman Koil Street I Floor Shenoy
Nagar Chennai - 600 030.
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12 N. Sulaika Beevi
D/o. Nagoor Meeran No. 71 Bharathi Salai
Triplicane Chennai - 600 005
13 B. Augustine
S/o. A. Barnabas Plot No. 53A Ist Cross
Street AIBEA Nagar Thiruvanmiyur Chennai
- 600 041.
14 S.A. Kathija
D/o. S.I. Ahmedjan No. 3/211 Bismillah
Nagar I Street vettuvankeni Chennai -
600 115.
15 G. Gopalakrishnan
S/o. S.R. Ganapathy Block - 2 Flat 1F
Aiswarya Prapancha Aparts Madha Koil
Street Okkiyam Thuraipakkam Chennai - 600
097.
16 V. Dhinakaran
S/o. A.K. Viswanathan Old No. 22 New No.
46 27th Street Thillai Ganga Nagar
Nanganallur Chennai - 600 061.
17 C. Munusamy
S/o Chellappan Plot No. 53 Door No. 174/5
Sathyamurthy Street Kandanchavadi
Chennai 600 096.
18 K. Packirisamy
S/o. A. Kathan 33/10 Vadivelu Street
Flat No. 3 Bhagavathi Aparts Perambur
Chennai 600 011.
19 S. Viswanathan
S/o. G. Shanmugam Old No. 2D New No.5
1St Floor Periapalli Street
Mandavelipakkam Chennai 600 028
20 S. Kamalaveni Sundaram
D/O. M. Goundappa 11 2nd Street South
beach Avenue MRC Nagar R.A.Puram
Chennai 600 028
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21 T. Devairakkam
S/o/ D.S. Thangaraj T-2 Sai Krupa Aparts
35/32 Velachery Taramani 100 Feet Road
Ramagiri Velachery Chennai 600 042
22 P.S. Piramanayagam
S/O. P. Sivasubramanian 3A/26 Gangaiamman
Koil 4th Street Vadapalani Chennai 600
026
23 C. Ilangovan
S/O. M.M. Chandrakasan Old No. 23 New No.
2 Dr. Natesan Salai Ashok Nagar Chennai
600 083
24 S. Govindarajan
S/O. C. Sambandam Plot No. 5-B Door No. 3
TNGO Colony 2nd Street Nanganallur
Chennai 600 061
25 J.A. Jothi
S/O. J.A. Ambashankar No.55 1St Cross
Street Kanakathara Nagar Valasaravakkam
Chennai - 600 087
26 S. Krishnamurthy
S/O. R. Sundaresa Sharma Plot No. 83 2nd
Main Road Rayala Nagar Ramapuram
Chennai 600 089
27 K. Ilango
S/O. P. Kalyana Sundaram Plot No. 14 27
Venkatesa Nagar 1st Street Virugambakkam
Chennai 600 092
28 C.R. Gopinath
S/O. C.B. Ramamurthy 3/1 Vivekanda Street
Gandhi Nagar Saligramam Chennai 600 093
29 K.P. Thangavel
S/O. R. Palanivel Plot No. 4 1ST Street
Annai Sathya Nagar Nesapakkam Chennai
600 078
30 S. Leela
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D/O. M. Kumarapillai No.9 Nagathamman
Koil Street Mettupalayam West Mambalam
Chennai 600 033.
31 D. Chandrasekar
S/O. N. Devendran Plot No. 5 Door No. 4A
Padmavathy Nagar Virugambakkam Chennai
600 092
32 A. Somasundaram
S/O. V.E. Arunachalam 13/59-B Padmavathy
Nagar Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092
33 R.P. Chellappan
S/O. A. Perumal 10/A Masthan Ali Garden
S.V. Lingam Salai Vadapalani Chennai -
600 026
34 T. Venu
S/O. J.S. Thulasi Naidu Old No.8 New No.
7 Alaiyamman Koil Street Vanniya
Teynampet Chennai 600 018
35 G. Subramanian
S/O. S. Ganapathy No. 14 5th Cross
Street U.I. Colony Kodambakkam Chennai
600 024
36 B. Karpaga sundari
D/O. N. Meenakshi Sundarm Sivagami Aparts
40/42 South Boag Road T.Nagar Chennai
600 017
37 Lakshmi Krishnamurthy
D/o. S. Panchapakesn 28/36 18th Avenue
Ashok Nagar Chennai 600 083
38 R. Bama
D/O. P. Rajagopalan 13/8 Canara Bank
Colony Gandhi Nagar Saligramam Chennai
600 093
39 K. Gurunathan
S/O. M. Kunjithapatham Plot No. 34 Door
No. 18 Vivekananda Street Brindavan
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Nagar Adambakkam Chennai 600 088
40 Suriya Kumari Palani
D/O. S.N.D. Palani Plot No. 5 Door No. 42
Brindavan Nagar Main Road Valasaravakkam
Chennai 600 087
41 B. Prabhakaran
S/O. C.K. Balasubramanian AP. 397 New No.
17 28th Street 6th Sector K.K. Nagar
Chennai 600 078
42 P. Vijayalakshmi
D/O. K. Chidambaram AP. 397 New No.17
28th Street 6th Sector K.K. Nagar
Chennai 600 078
43 P. Hemalatha
D/O. R. Rajagopal 17/5 Zackaria Colony
Main Road Flat No. S-2 Amogha flats
Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024
44 R. Gopalakrishnan
S/O. Ramamurthy D-104 TVH Park Villa
Okkiam Thoraipakkam Chennai 600 097
45 R. Mutharasan
S/O. S. Ramachandran Old No. 24/2 new No.
3/2 Vembuliamman Koil 1st Cross Street
K.K. Nagar West Chennai 600 078
46 M. Thiyagarajan
S/O. M. Murugesan Murugesan Illam 4
Mullai Street Fathima Nagar Alwar
Thirunagar Chennai 600 087
47 N. Palani
S/O. K. Natesa Naiker Plot No. 161 door
No.5 Senthil Nagar 3rd Main Road
Urappakkam/ Iyenchery Kanchipuram Dist
48 S. Rajendran
S/O. M. Somasundaram Old No.6 New No. 11
Saraswathy Street Mahalingapuram Chennai
600 034
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49 S. Muthukumaran
S/O. G. Subramanian Plot No. 95 Door No.
24 Brindavan nagar Main Road
Valasaravakkam Chennai 600 087
50 A.R. Palaniappan
S/O. L. Arunachalam Brindavan Appts Old
No.73 New No.52 3rd floor F- Flat R.K.
Shanmugam Salai K.K. Nagar Chennai 600
078
51 K. Kesavalu
S/O. P.C. Krishnan 7 Bharathi Nagar 6th
Street Thirumullai Voyal Chennai 600 062
52 K.V. Ponnusamy
S/O. K.P. Varadhappan 6/44 Kambar Street
Postal Audit Colony Saligramam Chennai
600 093
53 V. Vidhyavathy
D/O. K. Venkatasubbu G.2 SPL Aiswarya
Flats 7/4 1St Avenue Ashok Nagar
Chennai 600 083
54 M. Ramalingam
S/O. C.T. Muthiah Plot No.42 3rd Street
Bhuvaneswari Nagar Chrompet Chennai 600
044
55 C. Krishnamoorthy
S/O. M.K. Chidambaram 80/1 Brindavan
Street West mambalam Chennai 600 033
56 T. Rajendiran
S/O. M. Thangavelu 2 Elango Street Anna
Nagar Pammal Chennai 600 075
57 M. Sekaran
S/O. G. Manivannan G-4 Bogun Villa Appts
K Block- Anna Nagar East Chennai 600 102
58 G. Aruchamy
S/O. K. Gopalasamy 20/45 OVM Street
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Chepauk Chennai 600 005
59 A.P. Jayachandran
S/O. A. Perumal No. 72 Cosmo Flats (Top
Floor) Murugappa Street Purasawakkam
Chennai 600 007
60 S. Thangamani
S/O. K. Samidurai No.23 Agasdeeswarar
Kovil Street Thirunallar Thirunallar Post
Karaikal Dist. - 609607
61 P. Selwyn Chandra Doss Geofr
rey S/O. A. Paul Geoffrey Old No. 4 new
No.17 Ujjaini Street Aynavaram Chennai
600 023
62 T.R. Surendran
S/O. T.R. Ramanujam Flat No 4 AG - 97 2nd
Street Shanthi Colony Anna Nagar Chennai
600 040
63 M.V. Balasubramanian
S/O. M.G. Velmurugan Velkam Residency 31
E-Block 1st Street Anna Nagar East
Chennai 600 102
64 K.S. Shanmuga Sundaram
S/O. K.S. Subramaniam 45/180 Jeevan Bhima
Nagar Anna Nagar Western Extn Chennai
600 101
65 A. Rangaraju
S/O. V. Amaravathy Chettiar 1789/3 I
Block 5th Street 18th Main Road Anna
Nagar Chennai 600 040
66 J. Asokan
S/O. T.A. Janakumar AP-686 24th Street I
Block Thiruvalluvar Kudiyiruppu Anna
Nagar Chennai 600 040
67 S.V. Yoganathan
S/O. S. Varadharajulu 98/62 Medavakkam
Tank Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010
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68 M. Sundara Murthy
S/O. K.N. Desigan 284 Kilpauk Garden Road
Kilpauk Chennai 600 010
69 R. Pandian
S/O. P. Raju No.10 Earikarai Pillaiar
Koil Main Street Adayalampattu Vanagaram
Maduravoyal Chennai 600 102
70 A. Elangovan
S/O. A. Ariya Puthira Pillai 28/113 Flat
No. 6 1st Floor Patel Road Perambur
Chennai 600 011
71 Money Jeyakumar
S/O. S.G. Money 5 ABC Sandesh 8
Ayanavaram Road Aynavaram Chennai 600
023
72 R. Balasubramanyan
S/O. DR. M. Ranganathan Old No. 29 New No.
8 Temple Road Kilpauk Chennai 600 010
73 R. Srinivasan
S/O. K. Ramasamy Plot No. 14 Ramaswamy
Street Maruthi Nagar Rajakilpakkam
Chennai 600 073
74 A. Muniyayah
S/O. Adaikalam 948 4th Block Mogappair
West Chennai 600 107
75 K. Srinivasan
S/o. N. Kothandaraman No. 11 Kumaran
Street Ram Nagar Ambattur Chennai 600
053.
76 P. Chandran
S/o. T. Perumal 143/57 Pothi Amman Koil
Street Korattur Chennai 600 080.
77 P.K. Kothandapani
S/o. P. Kanniah Chetty 6-A Thanikachalam
Nagar C Block Ponniammanmedu Kolathur
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Chennai 600 110.
78 M. Shanmugam
S/o. K.C. Marappa Gounder 397/4 Mysore
Trunck Road Rangasamudram Sathyamangalam
2 Erode District 638 402
79 S. Vathsala
D/o. G. Srinivasan S-2 Srivatsa
Appartments No. 5 12th Street Tansi
Nagar Velachery Chennai 600 042
80 A. Aiyappan
S/o. Subramaniapillai 17 Andavar Nagar 5th
Street Kodambakkam Chennai 600 024.
81 A. Chandra Paul Pandian
S/o. Authi Narayanan No. 133 4th Cross
Street Workers Estate Neelankarai
Chennai 600 115.
82 S.H. Syed Ibrahim
S/o. M.S.S. Haja Mohideen 22/50 Ayyasamy
Street Pudupet Chennai 600 002
83 A. Dhanaraj
S/o. K. Annamalai Old No. 4/2 New No. 9
Ramasamy Street Ice House Triplicane
Chennai 600 005
84 S. Hemavathy
D/o. C.S. Sethurao Old No. 5/2 New No.
13/2 Alangatha Street Triplicane
Chennai 600 005.
85 K. Ramiah
S/o. Kali Gounder Old No. 36/2 New Nol 101
Janijohnkhan Road Royapettah Chennai
600 014.
86 V. Mahendran
S/o. C.K. Venu No. 26/34 Kutty Steet
Chintadripet Chennai 600 002
87 N. Thillairaj
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S/o. Natarajan No. 34 N.N. Garden 7th Lane
Old Washermenpet Chennai 600 021.
88 A. Mohamed Ghouse Shariff
S/o. Mohamed Hussain Sheriff No. 25/2
Azzudin Khan Bahadur Street Triplicane
Chennai 600 005.
89 R. Gopi
S/o. A. Radhakrishnan 14/29 Krishna Flats
Ist Floor Ayyapillai Street Triplicane
Chennai 600 005
90 S.M. Jainul Abdeen
S/o. S. Mohamed Ibrahim Old No. 17 New No.
35 Dharmaraja Koil Street Chintadripet
Chennai 600 002
91 M. Baskaran
S/o. E. Muthupillai 319 Konnur High Road
Ayanavaram Chennai 600 023
92 S. Srinivasan
S/o. Sambandam 13 Ranganathan Street
West Banu Nagar Ambattur Chennai 600 053
93 V. Dhanavelu
S/o. T.R. Vaithilingam No. 5 Thiru.vi.ka.
Street Ayanavaram Chennai 600 023
94 T. Sridharan
S/O. T. Thirumalaiappan A.1 sri
Bhuvaneswari Appts 46 4th Street D Block
Anna Nagar East Chennai 600 102
95 K. Vijayalakshmi
D/O. K. Karuppiah 28/1 New No.4 Mandapam
Road 1st Lane Kilpauk Chennai 600 010
96 J. Arasu
S/O. P. Jayavelan 13 Azad Street B.V.
Puram Avadi Chennai 600 054
97 R. Ravichandran
S/O. V.K. Ramachandran Plot No.31 St.
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Joseph Garden Madhavarm Chennai 600 060
98 S. Boopathy
S/O. W.R. Sabapathy Plot No.36 Shree
Mahalakshmi Nagar Noombal Village
Velappan Chavadi Chennai 600 077
99 S. Sivakumaran
S/O. Sundaresan No.12 3rd Main Road Ram
Nagar Nanganallur Chennai 600 061
100 A.M. Murugesh
S/O. Munusamy No.13 1st Street
Parameswaran Nagar Adambakkam Chennai
600 088
101 M. Selvaraj
S/O. P. Muni Reddy S-5 Unique Park No.37
Perialwar Street East Tambaram Chennai
600 059
102 V. Rajendran
S/O. Varadharajulu 1/158 202 5th Street
Kumaran Nagar Kovoor Chennai 600 128
103 A. Venkatachalam
S/O. P. Arumugam Sivakami Illam No.9
Kumarapuram Chrompet East Chennai 600
044
104 R. Quinston Sahayaraj
S/O. T.S. Rajiah Fernando Old No. 12 New
No. 10 Pachaiappan Nagar Chrompet
Chennai 600 044
105 K. Govindan
S/O. P. Kandasamy 34 Valmigi Street
East Tambaram Chennai 600 059
106 N. Gopalasamy
S/O. Narayanasamy 50 L.H. Nagar 1st Cross
Street Adambakkam Chennai 600 088
107 S. Namasivayam
S/O. Sivaraman 7 V.V. Colony 3rd Street
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Adambakkam Chennai 600 088
108 M. Suriyamurthy
S/O. R. Muthiya Apt No. R.R.B. 1204
Rosedale OMR IT Highway Padur 603103
109 M. Sankaran
S/O. S. Manickam Plot No. 16 Door No.21
Kumarapuram Chrompet Chennai 600 044
110 K.G. Shanmugam
S/O. Govinda Udayar 4/30 1ST Cross Street
Sathya Nagar Extn. Ramapuram Chennai
600 089
111 V. Thendral
S/O. P.N. Varadappan Sudharth County Flat
No 1-C Plot No.26 Furrts Avenue Annai
Indira Nagar Thuraipakkam Chennai 600 097
112 R. Gopalakrishnan
S/O. S. Ramalingam 164/133 Medavakkam Main
Road Adambakkam Chennai 600 088
113 M. Rajendiran
S/O. Munusamy No.175 Palla Street
Nathampettai Village Ayyampettai Post
Kancheepuram Dist.
114 M. Subramanian
S/O. P. Manickam 23 Senthil Nagar 5th
Cross Street Urapakkam Kancheepuram
Dist 603 210
115 T.K. Panneer Selvam
S/O. Kannappan 14 Ganapathy Nagar 3rd
Street Alapakkam Porur Chennai 600 116
116 V. Jayaraj
S/O. K. Vasudevan 29 NRK Puram Main road
Tiruppur 641 607
117 M. Ismail Khan
S/O. G. Majeed Khan Sai Nagar Annexe
Virugambakkam Chennai 600 092
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118 R.A. Mahendira Varman
S/O. S. Rathinam No. 109 Perumal Nagar 6th
Street 5th Main Road AGS colony Zameen
Pallavaram Chennai 600 117
119 V.K. Govindasamy
S/O. T.V. Kannan 852 7th Block 5th Street
Mogappair West Chennai 600 037
120 R. Jothimany
D/O. P.V. Ramaswamy 23/9 8th Avenue West
Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur Chennai 600 053
121 S. Murugesan
S/O. M. Singaram No. 9 Jayalakshmiupuram
Main road Nungambakkam Chennai 600 034
122 V. Asokan
S/O. C. Varadhan 74 2nd Street
Venkatesapuram New Colony Kannigapuram
Perambur Barracks Chennai 600 012
123 K. Rajeswari
D/O. C. Krishnamurthy 4 Seeyalam 2nd
Street Villivakkam Chennai 600 049
124 G.K. Amirtha Gowri
D/O. G. Kandasamy 24 6th Street Bharathi
Nagar Opp. Housing Board Choolambedu Road
Thirumullai Voyal Chennai 600 062
125 J. Samson Jayaseelan
S/O. S.F. Jayaseelan 53 Muthukumaran
Street Kamaraj Nagar Avadi Chennai
600 071
126 T. Mani Vasagam
S/O. T.M. Thirunavukkarasu 25 Narayanasamy
2nd Avenue Kavarapalayam Thirunindravur
Tiruvallur Dist 602024
127 N. Ramachandran
W/O. B. Nanjan A-3 Asha Kiran Apts
Akshaya Colony Anna Nagar West Extn.
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Chennai 600 050
128 T.V. Ganesan
S/O. T. Venugopal No.1 Kumaran Street
Rajajipuram Thiruvallur 602 001.
129 K. Ganapathy
S/O. V. Kesavan F-1 Janani Aparts 93
Poes Road Teynampet Chennai 600 018
130 R. Rajendran
S/O. R. Rangasamy 4/662 Mugappair East
Chennai 600 037
131 K. Mohanarangasamy
S/O. Kuppusamy 5 4th Street T.N. Nagar
Palanipet Arakonam Vellore Dt. 631002
132 T. Baskaran
S/O. A. Thevar Servai 20 17th Street Extn.
Tansi Nagar Velachery Chennai 600 042
133 T.P. Jagannathan
S/O. T.K. Perumal Flat No. 17A/7 Jawahars
Mullai Aparts Plot No. 58 Ramakrishna
Nagar 1 Main Road Adambakkam Chennai
600 088
134 V. Purushotham
S/o. M. Varadhan No. 3 Gangai Street
Muthusamy Nagar Nemilichery Chromepet
Chennai 600 044.
135 M. Jayakumar
S/o. S. Murugesan 600 17th East Cross
Street 4th Main Road MKB Nagar
Vysarpadi Chennai 600 039.
136 K. Rajaram
S/o. M. Kannaiyan No. 16 New Magazine Road
Magazinepuram Vysarpadi Chennai 600
039
137 A. Murugesan
S/o. P. Alwarpillai Plot No. 19-B 4th
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Street Agatheeswarar Nagar Pozhichalur
Chennai 600 074.
138 R. Radhakrishnan
S/o. S. Rajabhathar 40/7 3rd Street
Kamarajnagar Korattur Chennai 600 080
139 A.V.S. Janani
D/o. M.K. Arumugam 18/44 Veerakutty Lane
Old Washermenpet Chennai 600 021
140 V. Thandayuthapani
S/o. P. Vadivelu 2271 MIG TNHB Avdi
Chennai 600 054
141 M. Selvaraj
S/o. Mannar Vijayalakshmi Illam 4
Vivekandar Street Extn. Kamaraj Nagar
Sridevi Nagar Avadi Chennai 600 071
142 B. Mohana Sundaram
S/o. S. Balasubramanian Yugi Illam Door No.
3/361 3rd Main Road Sundaram Avenue
Rose Nagar Extn. Kovilampakkam Chennai
600 129
143 G. Boobathy
S/o. C. Govindan Plot No. 25 Bagath Singh
Street Sri Raghavendra nagar 169
Madambakkam (Via) Guduvancherry 603 202.
144 B. Rani
D/o. M.S. Balasubramanian 16 8th Avenue
West Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur Chennai
600 053
145 N. Sukumar
S/o. C. Natesan 2/6 30th Avenue Cross
Street Banu Nagar Pudur Ambattur
Chennai 600 053
146 K. Manoharan
S/o. S. Kathiresan 2/113 Annanagar Extn.
Aishwarya Nagar KPN Colony 3rd Street
Tiruppur 641 601. ...
Petitioners
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versus
1 Union of India
Rep. by Secretary to Government of India
Ministry of Labour and Employment Shram
Shakti Bhawan Rafi Marg New Delhi - 110
001
2 Central Provident Fund Commi
ssioner Employees Provident Fund
Organisation Ministry of Labour and
Employment Govt. of India Bhavishya Nidhi
Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place
3 Addl. Central Provident Fund
Commissioner HQ (Pension) Employees
Provident Fund Organisation Bhavishya
Nidhi Bhawan 14 Bhikaji Cama Place
New Delhi 110 066
4 Regional Provident Fund Comm
issioner - I (Pension) Employees Provident
Fund Organisation Bhavishya Nidhi Bhawan
14 Bhikaji Cama Place New Delhi 110 066
5 Addl.Central Provident Fund
Commissioner Employees Provident Fund
Organization 37 Royapettah High Road
Chennai 600 014
6 Regional Provident Fund Comm
issioner Employees Provident Fund
Organization 37 Royapettah High Road
Chennai 600 014.
7 The Managing Director
The Tamil Nadu State Apex Cooperative Bank
Ltd. 233 (New No.4) NSC Bose Road Chennai
600001.
8 The Chairman
The TNSC Bank EPF Trust NO.233 (New No.4)
NSC Bose Road Chennai 600001. ... Respondents
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Prayer in both W.Ps.: Writ Petition is filed under Article 226
of the Constitution of India, for issuance of Writ of
Certiorarified Mandamus, to call for the records pertaining to
the impugned letter issued by the 4th respondent in
No.Pension/I/12/33/EPS Amendment/96 Vol-II dated
31.05.2017 and quash the same and consequently direct the
Respondents 1 to 6 to grant pension on higher wages under
EPS 1995.
For Petitioners in both WPs : Mr.A.Jenasenan
For Respondents in both WPs: Mr.T.R.Sundaram for
R1toR6
COMMON ORDER
In a batch of Writ Petitions, similar to the present Writ Petitions, in W.P.No.14368 of 2018, etc., this Court passed detail directions in para 48 and allowed all the Writ Petitions in para 49, which are extracted as under:
"48. In the above mentioned circumstances, this Court consider the following directions as expedient to resolve the issues as projected in the Writ Petitions.
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i) Both the employees of the exempted and unexempted establishments are entitled to the benefit of enhanced pension on the basis of their contribution with reference to actual salary received by them to their Provident Fund accounts;
ii) The cut off date as prescribed i.e. 01.12.2004 is invalid in law and therefore, the same is held to be illegal and invalid;
iii)The employees, namely, the writ petitioners shall be permitted to exercise their option in terms of Proviso to Clause 11(3) of the Pension Scheme and while permitting so, the EPFO is at liberty to seek return of the higher Provident Fund contribution received by the respective employees with simple interest at the rate of 6% p.a. from the date of receipt of Provident Fund amount and till the date of payment;
iv) The amounts to be refunded by the employees concerned shall be verified by the EPFO in consultation with the respective establishments in which the http://www.judis.nic.in 24 employees were employed;
v) On refund of the verified amount with interest, the EPFO shall calculate and grant enhanced pension on the basis of actual salaries received by the employees with arrears of pension from the date of their retirement and continue to pay their monthly enhanced pension through out their life time;
vi) In case where the refund of the amount by any employee with interest is higher than the enhanced pension with arrears payable to him, the refund shall be insisted upon and in case where the refund, after calculation, is lower than the arrears of pension payable to the employee, the same shall be adjusted while disbursing the arrears to the employees concerned;
vii) The respective Managements of the exempted establishments which maintained the Private Trust are directed to cooperate with the EPFO and render all assistance in quantifying the amount to be refunded by the respective employees with interest at 6% p.a.on such refund;
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viii) The entire exercise shall be initiated and completed by the individual Managements and the EPFO within a period of six months from the date of receipt of a copy of the order.
49. In the result, all the Writ Petitions are allowed on the above terms. The orders of rejection which are impugned in the respective Writ Petitions, are hereby quasahed and as regards the Writ Petitions pertaining to the grant of Writ of Mandamus to the authorities for grant of enhanced pension are concerned, the same are allowed as indicated above. No costs. Consequently, all connected WMPs are closed.
6. The reasons and the findings in their entirety as rendered in the batch of Writ Petitions are to be read as part and parcel of the present Writ Petitions as well.
7. In the light of the above, this Court is of the view that the above directions and observation will hold good for the http://www.judis.nic.in 26 present Writ Petitions also. Accordingly, the Writ Petitions are allowed on the terms as mentioned above. Consequently, connected WMPs are closed. No costs.
Suk -04-2019 http://www.judis.nic.in 27 V.PARTHIBAN, J.
suk W.P.No.11866 & 11967 of 2019
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