Case Note & Summary
The writ petition was filed by 31 individuals employed as Class-IV workers (Road Worker, Park Employee, Labourer, Female Attender, Sanitary Cleaner etc.) with the Greater Chennai Corporation, having been appointed on compassionate grounds under the Chennai City Municipal Corporation Act, 1919. They challenged the validity of Chapter V of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules, 2023, particularly Rules 210 and 211, which they alleged excluded them from consideration for promotion to posts of Junior Assistant, Typist, etc. The petitioners contended that the rules were discriminatory and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution and principles of natural justice. They sought a writ of declaration declaring those rules as illegal and unconstitutional, and a consequential direction to the respondents to prepare a panel for their promotion without applying the impugned rules. The matter was heard by a Division Bench of the Madras High Court. The court allowed the miscellaneous petition for filing a single writ on payment of separate court fee. However, the judgment text provided is incomplete and does not record the court's analysis or final decision. As such, the outcome remains unknown.
Issue of Consideration
Whether Rules 210 and 211 of the Tamil Nadu Urban Local Bodies Rules 2023, excluding Class-IV compassionate appointees from promotion, are unconstitutional and violative of Article 14 of the Constitution.
