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Bombay High Court Dismisses Petition Seeking Declaration of Lapsed Land Acquisition in 1960s Case — Section 6 Declaration Issued Within One Year of Section 4 Notification, No Lapse Occurred....

The petitioners, owners of lands in Borla and Deonar, Mumbai, filed a writ petition challenging the order of the Special Land Acquisition Officer (SLAO) dated 19.07.2011, which rejected their applicat...

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Bombay High Court Quashes Demolition Notices Against Tenants in C-1 Building Classification Dispute — Structural Audit Reports Overlooked. Court holds that classification of building as C-1 without considering structural audit reports and without hearing tenants violates principles of natural justice under Section 354 of Mumbai Municipal Corporation Act, 1888....

The Petitioners, tenants of a building called Angela Villa in Borivali (West), Mumbai, challenged communications dated 21st August 2025, 4th September 2025, and 19th September 2025 issued by Responden...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Appeal of Former Driver Seeking Retrospective Regularisation and Old Pension Scheme Benefits. Appellant's Service Regularised After Cut-Off Date of 01.04.2003, and His Service Conditions Governed by 12(3) Settlement Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947, Rendering Writ Petition Not Maintainable....

The appellant, a former driver of the Metropolitan Transport Corporation, was temporarily appointed and later regularised with effect from 01.09.2005. He retired from service on 31.10.2018. Six years ...

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Madras High Court Partly Allows Writ Petition of Night Watchman in Pay Revision Case — Recovery of Excess Pay Set Aside as Impermissible for Group D Employee. Excess Pay Recovery was Impermissible Under Article 226 as per State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih Guidelines Where Employee Belongs to Class IV and No Misrepresentation....

The petitioner, initially appointed as Night Watchman in a district court in Tamil Nadu, was promoted over time to Office Assistant, Record Clerk, and temporarily as Examiner. Based on an internal aud...

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Madras High Court Partly Allows Writ Petition Against Recovery of Excess Pay from Steno-Typist. Recovery Set Aside on Grounds of Hardship as Employee Belonged to Group C Service, Excess Payment Exceeded Five Years, and No Misrepresentation Found, Following State of Punjab v. Rafiq Masih....

The dispute arose when the petitioner, K. Amutha, a Steno-Typist serving in the judicial department of the State of Tamil Nadu, was confronted with a recovery order issued by the third respondent, the...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Writ Petition Seeking Inclusion of Part-Time Teaching Service for Pension; Holds Rule 11(2)(i) of Tamil Nadu Pension Rules, 1978 Requires Whole-Time Employment. Part-Time Vocational Instructor’s Claim Rejected as Past Employment Did Not Satisfy Whole-Time Requirement and Employment Ended by Resignation....

The writ petition was filed by a retired Assistant Registrar of the Madras High Court, seeking to quash an order of the Additional Chief Secretary, Home (Courts-V) Department dated 01.08.2024, which d...

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Madras High Court Disposes of Two Writ Petitions Regarding Encroachment on Poramboke Lands and Demolition Notice. Land Dispute Involves Government Lands in S.Nos.573/7 and 574/31 at Vadukachimathil Village, with Mandamus and Certiorari Prayers Under Article 226....

The Madurai Bench of Madras High Court heard two writ petitions filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India. The first petition, W.P.(MD)No.20020 of 2018, was filed by Velladurai seeking a wr...

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Madras High Court Dismisses Casual Labourer's Appeal Seeking Regularisation as Claim is Stale and Beyond Scope of Labour Court Award. Labour Court Award of Reinstatement Without Backwages Issued in 1999 Not Enforced by Employee, Rendering Subsequent Mandamus Petition for Regularisation and Terminal Benefits Impermissible Under Industrial Disputes Act, 1947....

The appellant, a former casual labourer, was engaged on daily wages by the Highways and Rural Works Department from 01.01.1982 to 21.04.1990, intermittently watching a godown. After his disengagement ...

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Madurai Bench of Madras High Court adjudicates two writ appeals against single judge orders dated 09.12.2019. The cases involve employees and the School Education Department of the Government of Tamil Nadu....

This judgment is a common order disposing of two writ appeals and one writ petition before the Madurai Bench of Madras High Court. The writ appeals, W.A.(MD) Nos. 449 and 450 of 2020, were filed under...