A.Rajakumar vs Tamil Nadu Uniformed Services ... on 25 April, 2017
3.Mr.M.Farhathullah, learned counsel for the petitioner in
W.P.(MD)No.4960 of 2017 submitted written arguments and relied upon an
unreported judgment of this Court by a learned Single Judge dated 11.10.2012
in a batch of cases (W.P.No.11104 of 2012 and batch) in the case of
P.Pandiarajan v. The General Manager, Tamil Nadu State Transport Corporation.
In the said judgment, the eligibility of the petitioners therein for age
relaxation was considered. In the said case, the State Government issued
G.O.Ms.No.98, Personnel and Administrative Reforms (S) Department, dated
17.07.2006 relaxing upper age limit by five years to enable the unemployed
youth affected by the ban order to recruitment, to apply for Government jobs.
By taking note of the policy decision taken by the Government and the
subsequent directions to the effect that the age relaxation is applicable for
employees of the State agencies, this Court has allowed the Writ Petitions
wherein the petitioners therein prayed for a mandamus to direct the Tamil
Nadu State Transport Corporation to provide five years age relaxation to the
petitioners in the recruitment for the post of Conductor. In the written
submission filed in W.P.(MD)No.4960 of 2017, the grounds raised in the Writ
Petition were reiterated with special reference to the petitioner's ambition
and disappointment as the petitioner is over-aged just by two months because
of the crucial date being 01.07.2017.