SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
ASSOCIATION OF ENGINEERS
AND OTHERS ETC. vs THE STATE OF TAMIL NADU
AND OTHERS ETC.
Civil Appeal No 4886-4888 of 2023 On 16 April 2024
Hon'ble Judges: B.R. Gavai, Sandeep Mehta
Case Type: Civil Appeal
Final Decision:
Advocates:
Citations:
2024 0 CJ(SC) 202
ACTS REFERRED:
Constitution of India, Article 14
Constitution of India, Article 136
Constitution of India, Article 309
Constitution of India, Article 335
(A) Constitution of India, Article 14, Article 309, Article 136, Article 335 - Appointment of Commission to inquire into and report on the administration of autonomous districts and autonomous regions - Recruitment and conditions of service of persons serving the Union or a State - Special leave to appeal by the Supreme Court - Claims of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes to services and posts 4886 to 4889, 4892 and 5748 to 5750 of
2023
The present set of appeals challenge the judgment
dated 3rd August 2022, passed by the Division Bench of the
High Court of Judicature at Madras ('Madras High Court' for
short), whereby the writ appeals being W.A.
Judgement Text
Civil Appeal Nos. 4886 to 4889, 4892 and 5748 to 5750 of
2023
1. The present set of appeals challenge the judgment
dated 3rd August 2022, passed by the Division Bench of the
High Court of Judicature at Madras ('Madras High Court' for
short), whereby the writ appeals being W.A. Nos. 82 and 95 of
2015 and 5251 of 2022 filed by the respondents herein were
allowed and the order dated 23rd December 2014 passed by the
learned Single Judge of the Madras High Court in Writ Petition
No. 11148 of 2017 was quashed and set aside.
2. The facts giving rise to present appeals are as under:
2.1 The employees are governed by Tamil Nadu State and
Subordinate Service Rules and also Special Rules to govern
different services in the State. The engineering staff comes
under the Tamil Nadu Engineering Service and Tamil Nadu
Engineering Subordinate Service.
2.2 On 2nd January 1990, Public Works Department,
Government of Tamil Nadu (hereinafter referred to as 'PWD')
issued an order being G.O. Ms. No. 1 (hereinafter referred to as
'G.O. No. 1) accepting the recommendations of Chief Engineer,
PWD (General) and the Tamil Nadu Public Service Commission
(hereinafter referred to as 'TNPSC') and directed that from the
date of this order, Junior Draughting Officers,
